Radical children's literature: future visions and aesthetic transformations in juvenile fiction

This book, now available in paperback, reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators tryout new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Author's Note - Breaking Bounds: The Transformative Energy of Children's Literature - Breaking the Frame: Picturebooks, Modernism and New Media - And None of it was Nonsense - Useful Idiots: Interactions between Youth Culture and Children's Literature - Self-harm, Silence and Survival: Despair and Trauma in Children's Literature - Baby, You're the Best: Sex and Sexuality in Contemporary Juvenile Fiction - Frightening Fiction: TheTransformative Power of Fear - Back to the Future? New Forms and Formats in Juvenile Fiction - Conclusion: The Foundations of Future Fictions - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-23937-1
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 232
• Fecha Publicación: 16/07/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés