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Family in Children’s and Young Adult Literature by Eleanor Spencer; Jade Dillon Craig is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature is a comprehensive study of the family in Anglophone children's and Young Adult literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day. Written by intellectual leaders in the field from the UK, the Americas, Europe, and Australia, this collection of essays explores the significance of the family and of familial and quasi-familial relationships in texts by a wide range of authors, including the Grimms, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Rudyard Kipling, Enid Blyton, Judy Blume, Jaqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Melvin Burgess, J.K. Rowling, Neil Gaiman, and others. Author-based and critical survey essays explore evolving depictions of LGBTQIA+ and BAME families; migrant and refugee narratives; the popular tropes of the orphan protagonist and the wicked stepmother; sibling and intergenerational familial relationships; fathers and fatherhood; the anthropomorphic animal and surrogate family; and the fractured family in paranormal and dystopian YA literature. The breadth of essays in Family in Children's and Young Adult Literature encourages readers to think beyond the outdated but culturally privileged ‘nuclear family'and is a vital reso
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- Author
- Eleanor Spencer; Jade Dillon Craig
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781032217048
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Criticism
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