1st Edition
Fantasy and the Real World in British Children’s Literature The Power of Story
By Caroline Webb
Copyright 2014
188 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study examines the children’s books of three extraordinary British writers—J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett—and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader... Read more
Introduction 1. Harry Potter and Tiffany Aching 2. The Case of Heroic Fantasy 3. Ontologies of the Wainscot 4. Representing the Witch 5. Resisting "Destinarianism" Conclusion
Biography
Caroline Webb is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She has published articles on a range of works by modernist and postmodernist authors and by writers of children’s fantasy. She is currently serving as Secretary of the Australasian Children's Literature Association for Research.
