Radical Children's Literature
eBook - PDF

Radical Children's Literature

Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Radical Children's Literature

Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction

About this book

This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. It looks at the stories about the world and young people; the interaction with changing childhoods and new technologies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. List of Illustrations
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Author’s Note
  8. 1 Breaking Bounds: The Transformative Energy of Children’s Literature
  9. 2 Breaking the Frame: Picturebooks, Modernism, and New Media
  10. 3 And None of It Was Nonsense
  11. 4 Useful Idiots: Interactions Between Youth Culture and Children’s Literature
  12. 5 Self-harm, Silence, and Survival: Despair and Trauma in Children’s Literature
  13. 6 Baby, You’re the Best: Sex and Sexuality in Contemporary Juvenile Fiction
  14. 7 Frightening Fiction: The Transformative Power of Fear
  15. 8 Back to the Future? New Forms and Formats in Juvenile Fiction
  16. Conclusion: The Foundations of Future Fictions
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index