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Carrie Hintz & Elaine Ostry
Utopian and Dystopian Writing for Children and Young Adults [EPUB ebook]

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This volume examines a variety of utopian writing for children from the 18th century to the present day, defining and exploring this new genre in the field of children”s literature. The original essays discuss thematic conventions and present detailed case studies of individual works. All address the pedagogical implications of work that challenges children to grapple with questions of perfect or wildly imperfect social organizations and their own autonomy. The book includes interviews with creative writers and the first bibliography of utopian fiction for children.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9781135373436 ● Editor Carrie Hintz & Elaine Ostry ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2810609 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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