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Crosscurrents of Children's Literature: An Anthology of Texts and Criticism

Companion web site for Crosscurrents, a thematic anthology that combines important critical essays with carefully selected primary texts of children's literature. The anthology is divided into eight parts, each of which addresses a central issue in children's literature studies: instruction and entertainment, adult and child points of view, oral and written traditions, realism and fantasy, boys' and girls' books, words and pictures,...

Keywords:: fantasy, crosscurrents, picture book, George Ella Lyon, Lewis Carroll, anthology, Wizard of Oz, childhood, Rex Stephenson, James Still, Mark Twain, literary history, children's literature, censorship, C. S. Lewis, values, adaptation, fairy tales, adults and children, realism, Cinderella, themes, Katherine Paterson, literary criticism, story theatre, Appalachia, Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, spin-offs, folktale

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Material Type:: Reference Material
Date Added to MERLOT:: September 3, 2010
Date Modified in MERLOT:: November 23, 2020
Author:: J. D. Stahl, Hollins University
Tina Hanlon, Ferrum College
Elizabeth Lennox Keyser, Hollins University (retired)
Submitter:: Tina L. Hanlon
Primary Audience:: College General Ed, College Upper Division, Graduate School, Professional
Technical Format:: Website