Description
A comprehensive collection of scholarly essays exploring the effects, use, and implications of narrative in children's literature from an international cast of contributing scholars
About the Author
Mike Cadden is a professor of English, the director of childhood studies, and the chair of the Department of English, Foreign Languages, and Journalism at Missouri Western State University. He is the author of Ursula K. Le Guin Beyond Genre: Fiction for Children and Adults. Contributors include Nathalie op de Beeck, Holly Blackford, Mike Cadden, Elisabeth Rose Gruner, Martha Hixon, Dana Keren-Yaar, Alexandra Lewis, Chris McGee, Maria Nikolajeva, Danielle Russell, Magdalena Sikorska, Susan Stewart, Andrea Schwenke Wyile, Angela Yannicopoulou, and Angelika Zirker.
Reviews
"This book sounds a call for all literary scholars to embrace children's literature."-D.J. Brothers, CHOICE
"Child literature scholars as well as students interested in narrative theory will no doubt repeatedly consult the in-depth analyses as well as the strong theoretical chapters in this valuable volume."-Yasmine Motawy, International Research Society for Children's Literature
"[Telling Children's Stories] is a welcome and accomplished contribution to children's literature studies, and I am confident that I will return often to many of these fine essays."-Richard Flynn, Children's Literature Association Quarterly
Book Information
ISBN 9780803215689
Author Michael Cadden
Format Paperback
Page Count 344
Imprint University of Nebraska Press
Publisher University of Nebraska Press