{"product_id":"9781472577191","title":"Literature's Children The Critical Child and the Art of Idealization","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eLiterature's Children\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Critical Child and the Art of Idealization\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLouise Joy | Lisa Sainsbury\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Children's \u0026amp; Young Adult Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic Title\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLiterature's Children \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a new way of thinking about how literature for children functions didactically. It analyzes the nature of the practical critical activity which the child reader carries out, emphasizing what the child does \u003ci\u003eto\u003c\/i\u003e the text rather than what he or she receives \u003ci\u003efrom\u003c\/i\u003e it. Through close readings of a range of works for children which have shaped our understanding of what children's literature entails, including works by Isaac Watts, John Newbery, Kate Greenaway, E. Nesbit, Kenneth Grahame, J.R.R. Tolkien and Malcolm Saville, it demonstrates how the critical child resists the processes of idealization in operation in and through such texts. Bringing into dialogue ideas from literary theory and the philosophy of education, drawing in particular on the work of the philosopher John Dewey, it provides a compelling new account of the complex relations between literary aesthetics and literary didacticism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLouise Joy\u003c\/b\u003e is Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Aesthetics of Children's Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(2015) and \u003ci\u003ePoetry and Childhood \u003c\/i\u003e(2010).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 February 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781472577191\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e19.04\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332238573708,"sku":"9781472577191","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_89a95a23-641a-44b0-862a-bca9b1a0fa13.jpg?v=1783602513","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781472577191","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}