Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
by:
Alison Lurie (author)
In sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators, explores the world of children's literature--from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain to Beatrix Potter--and shows that the best-loved children's...
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In sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators, explores the world of children's literature--from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain to Beatrix Potter--and shows that the best-loved children's books tend to challenge rather than uphold respectable adult values.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316246255 (0316246255)
ASIN: 0316246255
Publish date: 1998-07-20
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Essays,
Reference,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Fairy Tales,
Education
Little biographical and psychological sketches of well-known children's authors. Not as edgy as I'd hoped; closer to a series of lectures by a university professor on children's literature.
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