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Literature for Children A Short Introduction

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ISBN-10: 0205591930

ISBN-13: 9780205591930

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: David L. Russell

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List price: $78.67
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

David L. Russellis Professor of Languages and Literature at Ferris State University and co-editor ofThe Lion and the Unicorn.In addition to book-length studies of Scott Orsquo;Dell and Patricia MacLachlan, he has published numerous scholarly articles on a wide range of subjects in childrenrsquo;s literature.

Preface to the Sixth Edition
About the Author
The Contexts of Childrenrsquo;s Literature
The History of Childrenrsquo;s Literature
The Beginnings
The Classical World
The Middle Ages
The Renaissance
The Seventeenth Century
Puritanism
John Locke and Educational Philosophy
The Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Books for Childrenndash;at Last
Rousseau and the Moral Tale
The Rise of the Folktales
The Victorians: The Golden Age
British Childrenrsquo;s Literature
Adventure or Boysrsquo; Stories
Fantasy Stories
Realistic Stories
The United States
Adventure or Boysrsquo; Stories
Domestic or Girlsrsquo; Stories
Fantasy Stories
Childrenrsquo;s Book Illustration in the Golden Age
Popular Literaturendash;Great Britain and America
Between the Wars: 1920-1940
From World War II to the Present
Childrenrsquo;s Literature from Around the World
Summary
Classroom Activities
Recommended Readings
Selected Bibliography of Retelling for Childrenrsquo;s Tales from the Ancient World
Tales from the Middle Ages