Sticks and stones : the troublesome success of children's literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zipes, Jack David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • ch. 1. The cultural homogenization of american children
  • ch. 2. Do you know what we are doing to your books?
  • ch. 3. Why children's literature does not exist
  • ch. 4. The value of evaluating the value of children's literature
  • ch. 5. Wanda Gág's americanization of the Grimm's fairy tales
  • ch. 6. The contamination of the fairy tale
  • ch. 7. The wisdom and folly of storytelling
  • ch. 8. The perverse delight of Shockheaded Peter
  • ch. 9. The phenomenon of Harry Potter, or why all the talk?