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" The hidden adult : "
Perry Nodelman.
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988293
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b742663
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Nodelman, Perry.
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The hidden adult : : defining children's literature /\ Perry Nodelman.
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Baltimore, Md. :: Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2008.
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x, 390 pages ;; 24 cm
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0801889790
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: 0801889804
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: 9780801889790
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: 9780801889806
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-377) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Six texts. Different texts, same genre -- Language : the text and its shadows -- Focalization : who sees and what they know -- Desire confronts knowledge -- Home and away : essential doubleness -- Variation -- Summary -- 2. Exploring assumptions. Reading as an adult -- Making choices : exploring representativeness -- Assumptions about genre -- Genre and field -- Genre and genres -- 3. Children's literature as a genre. Defining children's literature -- No genre -- Different but not distinct -- Literature and children -- For the good of children -- Literature for boys and literature for girls -- Middle-class subjectivity -- Doubleness -- Specific markers -- About children -- The eyes of children -- Simplicity and sublimation -- The hidden adult -- Narrator and narratee -- Showing, not telling -- Happy endings -- Achieving utopia -- Binaries -- Repetition -- Variation -- A comprehensive statement -- 4. The genre in the field. Sameness and difference -- The sameness of children's literature -- Different children's literatures : the effects of personality and history -- Different children's literatures : the effects of nationality -- The genre in the field -- Distinctive texts in the genre -- Conclusion : children's literature as nonadult.
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What exactly is a children's book? How is children's literature defined as a genre? A leading scholar presents close readings of six classic stories to answer these questions and offer a clear definition of children's writing as a distinct literary form. Perry Nodelman begins by considering the plots, themes, and structures of six works: "The Purple Jar," Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Doolittle, Henry Huggins, The Snowy Day, and Plain City -- all written for young people of varying ages in different times and places -- to identify shared characteristics. He points out markers in each work that allow the adult reader to understand it as a children's story, shedding light on ingrained adult assumptions and revealing the ways in which adult knowledge and experience remain hidden in apparently simple and innocent texts. Nodelman then engages a wide range of views of children's literature from authors, literary critics, cultural theorists, and specialists in education and information sciences. Through this informed dialogue, Nodelman develops a comprehensive theory of children's literature, exploring its commonalities and shared themes. The Hidden Adult is a focused and sophisticated analysis of children's literature and a major contribution to the theory and criticism of the genre.
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Children-- Books and reading.
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Children's literature-- History and criticism.
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Enfants-- Livres et lecture.
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Littérature de jeunesse-- Histoire et critique.
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Barn- och ungdomslitteratur.
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Barnlitteratur.
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Children-- Books and reading.
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Children's literature.
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Kind
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Kinderliteratur
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Literatur
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Textanalyse
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Kinderliteratur.
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Jeugdliteratuur.
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| Dewey Classification
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028.5/5
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Z1037.A1N625 2008
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