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Fantasy and the real world in Britis...

Jones, Diana Wynne

Fantasy and the real world in British children's literaturethe power of story /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Fantasy and the real world in British children's literatureCaroline Webb.
Reminder of title:	the power of story /
Author:	Webb, Caroline,
Published:	New York :Routledge,2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 163 p.)
Subject:	Children's literature, EnglishHistory and criticism.
Online resource:	https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315858111
ISBN:	9781315858111 (ebk.)

Fantasy and the real world in British children's literaturethe power of story /
Webb, Caroline,1961-,

Fantasy and the real world in British children's literaturethe power of story /[electronic resource] :Caroline Webb. - New York :Routledge,2014. - 1 online resource (xi, 163 p.) - Children's literature and culture ;101. - Children's literature and culture ;59..

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-155) and index.

1. Harry Potter and Tiffany Aching -- 2. The case of heroic fantasy -- 3. Ontologies of the wainscot -- 4. Representing the witch -- 5. Resisting "destinarianism".

"This study examines the children's books of three extraordinary British writers - J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett - and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons about the complexities and challenges of the real world - and how these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and enlarge the world of their readers"--

ISBN: 9781315858111 (ebk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

847239
Jones, Diana Wynne
--Criticism and interpretation.Subjects--Topical Terms:

174048
Children's literature, English
--History and criticism.

LC Class. No.: PR990 / .W43 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 823.0099282

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