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000435055 1001_ $$aNodelman, Perry.
000435055 24514 $$aThe hidden adult :$$bdefining children's literature /$$cPerry Nodelman.
000435055 260__ $$aBaltimore, Md. :$$bJohns Hopkins University Press,$$c2008.
000435055 300__ $$ax, 390 p. ;$$c24 cm.
000435055 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000435055 5050_ $$a1. Six texts. Different texts, same genre -- Language : the text and its shadows -- Focalization : who sees and what they know -- Desire confronts knowledge -- Home and away : essential doubleness -- Variation -- Summary -- 2. Exploring assumptions. Reading as an adult -- Making choices : exploring representativeness -- Assumptions about genre -- Genre and field -- Genre and genres -- 3. Children's literature as a genre. Defining children's literature -- No genre -- Different but not distinct -- Literature and children -- For the good of children -- Literature for boys and literature for girls -- Middle-class subjectivity -- Doubleness -- Specific markers -- About children -- The eyes of children -- Simplicity and sublimation -- The hidden adult -- Narrator and narratee -- Showing, not telling -- Happy endings -- Achieving utopia -- Binaries -- Repetition -- Variation -- A comprehensive statement -- 4. The genre in the field. Sameness and difference -- The sameness of children's literature -- Different children's literatures : the effects of personality and history -- Different children's literatures : the effects of nationality -- The genre in the field -- Distinctive texts in the genre -- Conclusion : children's literature as nonadult.
000435055 520__ $$aWhat exactly is a children's book? How is children's literature defined as a genre? A leading scholar presents close readings of six classic stories to answer these questions and offer a clear definition of children's writing as a distinct literary form. Perry Nodelman begins by considering the plots, themes, and structures of six works: "The Purple Jar," Alice in Wonderland, Dr. Doolittle, Henry Huggins, The Snowy Day, and Plain City -- all written for young people of varying ages in different times and places -- to identify shared characteristics. He points out markers in each work that allow the adult reader to understand it as a children's story, shedding light on ingrained adult assumptions and revealing the ways in which adult knowledge and experience remain hidden in apparently simple and innocent texts. Nodelman then engages a wide range of views of children's literature from authors, literary critics, cultural theorists, and specialists in education and information sciences. Through this informed dialogue, Nodelman develops a comprehensive theory of children's literature, exploring its commonalities and shared themes. The Hidden Adult is a focused and sophisticated analysis of children's literature and a major contribution to the theory and criticism of the genre.
000435055 650_0 $$aChildren's literature$$xHistory and criticism.
000435055 650_0 $$aChildren$$xBooks and reading.
000435055 85200 $$bgen$$hZ1037.A1$$iN625$$i2008
000435055 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip086/2007049673.html
000435055 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007049673-b.html
000435055 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0829/2007049673-d.html
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