Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter by Jack Zipes
First Published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Sticks and Stones
Summary
With refreshing independence, Jack Zipes contends that children are best served neither by the current polemics of the religious right or the radical left. It is a forthright and engaging book.
Sticks and Stones Summary
Sticks and Stones Reviews
"If [Zipes'] scholarship could be spread over several curricule vitae, the breadth and quality of it could certainly bring tenure to three or four scholars." -- Donald R. Hettinga
About Jack Zipes
Jack Zipes is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. Among his many publications are Don't Bet on the Prince (Routledge), Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Bantam), and most recently the Oxford Companion to the Fairy Tale.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents. Preface. The Cultural Homogenization of American Youth. Do You Know What We Are Doing To Your Books? Why Children's Literature Does Not Exist. The Value of Evaluating the Value of Children's Literature. Wanda Gag's Americanization of the Grimm's Fairy Tales. The Contamination of the Faity Tale. The Wisdom and Folly of Storytelling. The Perverse Delight of Shockheaded Peter. The Phenomenon of Harry Potter, or Why All the Talk? Bibliography. Index.
Additional information
GOR005012674
9780415938808
0415938805
Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter by Jack Zipes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2002-02-21
240
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