The Middle Ages in children's literature / Clare Bradford, University Australia.
- 作者： Bradford, Clare
- 出版： Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hamsphire ;New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan 2015
- 叢書名： Critical Approaches to Children's Literature
- 主題： Children's literature--History and criticism. , Middle Ages in literature.
- ISBN： 9781137035387 (hbk.) :: US$85.33 、 1137035382 (hbk.)
- 一般註：Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-203) and index.
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- 系統號： 005222408 | 機讀編目格式
館藏資訊
Children grow up surrounded by stories, motifs, characters and themes which respond to the Middle Ages. The Middle Ages in Children's Literature explores the use and abuse of the medieval in children's literature, the many forms in which it appears, and its enduring capacity to enchant the young.
摘要註
"From the Harry Potter series to urban fairy romance, the Middle Ages comprise a rich source of stories, symbols, characters and settings in texts for the young. The Middle Ages in Children's Literature is the first thorough study of medievalism for the young -- that is, post-medieval imaginings of the Middle Ages in fiction, non-fiction and films. In this book Clare Bradford shows that medievalism for the young both provides moments of enchantment and also serves as a distancing strategy which enables texts to address contentious and difficult topics. The Middle Ages in Children's Literature examines how changing conceptions of history have influenced the writing of historical fiction. Examining representations of disabilities, monstrous bodies, and animals, Bradford shows that medievalist texts use the medieval to reflect on modernity. The book ends with a chapter which explains why so many texts for the young treat the Middle Ages as a source of comedy"--Provided by publisher.
內容註
Machine generated contents note Introduction 1. Thinking about the Middle Ages 2. Temporality and the Medieval 3. Spatiality and the Medieval 4. Disabilities in Medievalist Fiction 5. Monstrous Bodies, Medievalist Inflexions 6. Medievalist Animals and their Humans 7. The Laughable Middle Ages Notes Bibliography Index.