Format:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 205 pages)
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illustrations
Edition:
Also published in print
ISBN:
9781350052888
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9781474221221
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147422122X
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9781474221238
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9781474221245
Series Statement:
Bloomsbury perspectives on children's literature
Content:
Introduction : what I believe -- Landscapes of childhood -- The construction of the creative child -- The freedom to imagine : childhood creativity and socialization in the work of William Steig -- Imagining difference and diversity -- Reimagining fear and trauma -- New heroes : new visions of childhood -- Imagine empathy : Kate DiCamillo's The Tale of Despereaux and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane -- New ways of imagining the picture book : states of mind, states of feeling -- Epilogue : surviving childhood.
Content:
"The act of imagining lies at the very heart of children's engagements with literature and with the plots and characters they encounter in their favorite stories. The Courage to Imagine is a landmark new study of that fundamental act of imagining. Roni Natov focuses on the ways in which children's imaginative engagement with the child hero figure can open them up to other people's experiences, developing empathy across lines of race, gender and sexuality, as well as helping them to confront and handle traumatic experience safely. Drawing on a wide range of theoretical approaches from the psychological to the cultural and reading a multicultural spectrum of authors, including works by Maya Angelou, Louise Erdrich, Neil Gaiman, and Brian Selznick, this is a groundbreaking examination of the nature of imagining for children and re-imagining for the adult writer and illustrator."--Page 4 of cover
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-200) and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781474221238
Additional Edition:
ebook version ISBN 9781474221238
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350052888
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