The Art of Place in Literature for Children and Young Adults: How Locale Shapes a Story
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Main Author: Dewan, Pauline (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lewiston Edwin Mellen Press 2010
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:This book examines the fairy-tale as a significant influence on place in the literature. The rapid development of children's fiction in the nineteenth century occurred shortly after the widespread circulation of fairy tales. Fairy tales are a particularly concrete, visual, and cinematic form of writing, a genre in which place plays a significant role. Children's authors use fictional landscapes in a variety of traditional and innovative ways to create compelling, powerful texts
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: place in children's literature -- Wondrous landscapes: the art of the fairy-tale setting -- The journey through life: the road, the path, the way -- Enclosed spaces: gardens, islands, valleys -- The sylvan landscape: trees, forests, jungles -- The magical built world: castles, palaces, enchanted cities -- Below the surface: caves, mines, underground places -- Liminal places: borderlines and thresholds
Physical Description:410 pages
ISBN:9780773421974
0773421971
9780773437623
0773437622

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