Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Bāṃlā sāhitye śiśu, 1901-2000 Bāṃlā sāhitye śiśu, 1901-2000 Badiujjāmāna. Study on children as reflected in Bengali literature from 1901 to 2000; covers publications both from Bengal, India and Bangladesh. OL1052081W
Sait Faik Abasıyanık ve eserlerinde çocuklar Sait Faik Abasıyanık ve eserlerinde çocuklar Hüseyin Özcan Authors and children; Turkish literature; 20th century; criticism and interpretation. OL12207748W
Contemporary children's literature and film Contemporary children's literature and film Clare Bradford,Kerry Mallan "Bringing together leading and emerging scholars, this book argues for the significance of theory for reading texts written and produced for young people. Integrating perspectives from across feminis… OL15941985W
Fear and gendering Fear and gendering Ryan Prout "Fear and Gendering addresses the interaction of phobia, gender, and reproduction in a representative cross-section of work by the iconoclastic contemporary Spanish novelist, Juan Goytisolo. This boo… OL1937336W
James and the children James and the children Siegel, Eli Critic Robert B. Heilman wrote: “It is an immense relief to find someone as good as Siegel is, refusing the fashionable explanation of the story, and looking at what it actually says.” “It is a re… OL2137688W
Men in wonderland Men in wonderland Catherine Robson "Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the in… OL221910W
Strange dislocations Strange dislocations Carolyn Steedman Carolyn Steedman's work on the theme of childhood is amongst the most radically innovative in Britain today. In this brilliant new study she takes as her starting point the idea of childhood and its … OL2397748W
A sounding of storytellers A sounding of storytellers John Rowe Townsend Essays on Nina Bawden, Vera and Bill Cleaver, Peter Dickinson, Paula Fox, Leon Garfield, Alan Garner, Virginia Hamilton, E.L. Konigsburg, Penelope Lively, William Mayne, Jill Paton Walsh, K.M. Peyton… OL2789497W
Picturing Children Picturing Children Marilyn R. Brown "This book charts the development of the Romantic ideal of childhood, starting with Rousseau's Emile, and attends to its visual, social and psychological transformations during the historical period … OL8477244W