Canons of Children's Literature,Vol 2

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Book: Canons of Childrens Literature,Vol 2

Author: Sunita Sinha [Ed.]

ISBN: 978-81-269-

Binding: Hardcover 

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Publisher: Atlantic Publishers &Distributors (P) Ltd. New Delhi.

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ABOUT THE BOOK-

Concurrent with increasing scholarly attention towards children’s literature, “Canons of Children’s Literature, Volume Two” explores an emerging body of literature that has thus far garnered little serious critical attention. The book critically examines how children’s writers have positioned children as powerful participants in the project of enabling positive social transformation and argues that those children’s texts are crucially implicated in shaping the values of their readers. The authors explore the fashions in which childrens texts respond to social change and global politics, giving shape to childrens perceived anxieties and desires.  Deliberately concise, the book offers succinct yet beautifully written discussions that reflect the tone and feel of childrens books. Featuring discussions of the latest works of childrens literature, the text showcases the growing importance of young adult literature and has paid careful attention to the diversity in childrens literature which will equip both the scholars and students of English Literature with dynamic new responses on this ‘brave new literature.’