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Author:   Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer (University of Tübingen, Germany) ,  Anja Muller (University of Siegen, Germany)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781138930544

ISBN 10:   1138930547
Pages:   266
Publication Date:   27 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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"Contents List of Figures Series Editor’s Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction: Canon Studies and Children’s Literature Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Anja Müller Prelude: A Tale of Canons and Classics – Definition Impossible? Peter Hunt Part I Canons, Cultural Capital and Policies of Community Building Chapter 1 Nation Building and Children’s Literary Canons: The Israeli Test-Case Yael Darr Chapter 2 Canon Formation and Social Imaginaries in British Children’s Literature Anja Müller, Simone Herrmann and Franziska Burstyn Chapter 3 Firing the Canon! Geoffrey Trease’s Campaign for an Alternative Children’s Canon in 1930’s Britain Kimberley Reynolds Chapter 4 Canon Formation in the Soviet Union: The Case of Swift as an Author of a Children’s Classic Michael Düring Chapter 5 Historical Twists and Turns in the Polish Canon of Children’s Literature Anna Maria Czernow and Dorota Michułka Part II The Challenges of the Canon: Genre, Gender, Avant-garde Chapter 6 The Origins of Modernism in Fairy Tale: Hans Christian Andersen’s Authorship and Canon Studies Helene Høyrup Chapter 7 Canon and German Avant-garde Children’s Literature of the 1920s and 1930s: A Paradoxical Relationship Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer Chapter 8 Genre, Gender and Canon Formation: The Case of Laura Richards Etti Gordon Ginzburg Chapter 9 ""Girls Like it Most"": Challenging Gendered Canons and Paracanons in the Case of The Secret Garden Alison Waller Part III Keeping the Gate – Agents in Canon Formation Chapter 10 The Perks of Being Talked About: Norms of Evaluation Informing the Canonization of Astrid Lindgren’s Oeuvre in the Dutch Language Area Sara Van den Bossche Chapter 11 The Junior Literary Guild and the Making of New Canonical Works: The Case of Waterless Mountain Anne Morey Chapter 12 Visions and Values: The Children’s Book Council of Australia’s Prizing of Picture Books in the Twenty-First Century Erica Hateley Chapter 13 Finally Coming Together? The Bridging Role of the Adolescent Novel in the Netherlands Helma Lierop-Debrauwer Editors and Contributors Index"

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Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer is Professor in the German Department at the University of Tübingen, Germany. Anja Müller is Professor of English Literature and Culture at the University of Siegen, Germany.

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