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- catalog abstract ""In Kiddie Lit, Beverly Lyon Clark explores the marginalization of children's literature in America - and its recent possible reintegration - both within the academy and by the mainstream critical establishment. Tracing the reception of works by Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, Walt Disney, and J.K. Rowling, Clark reveals fundamental shifts in the assessment of the literary worth of books beloved by both children and adults, whether written for boys, girls, or both. While uncovering the institutional underpinnings of this transition, Clark also attributes it to changing American attitudes toward childhood itself, a cultural resistance to the intrinsic value of childhood expressed through sentimentality, condescension, and moralizing." "Clark's study of the critical disregard for children's books since the end of the nineteenth century - which draws on recent scholarship in gender, cultural, and literary studies - offers provocative new insights into the history of both children's literature and American literature in general, and forcefully argues that the books our children read and love demand greater respect."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12940840.
- catalog created "2003.".
- catalog date "2003".
- catalog date "2003.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
- catalog description ""In Kiddie Lit, Beverly Lyon Clark explores the marginalization of children's literature in America - and its recent possible reintegration - both within the academy and by the mainstream critical establishment. Tracing the reception of works by Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, L. Frank Baum, Walt Disney, and J.K. Rowling, Clark reveals fundamental shifts in the assessment of the literary worth of books beloved by both children and adults, whether written for boys, girls, or both.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-246) and index.".
- catalog description "Kids and kiddie lit -- What Fauntleroy knew -- Kiddie lit in the academy -- The case of the boys' book : whitewashing Huck -- The case of the girls' book : Jo's girls -- The case of American fantasy : there's no place like Oz -- The case of British fantasy imports : Alice and Harry in America -- The case of the Disney version.".
- catalog description "While uncovering the institutional underpinnings of this transition, Clark also attributes it to changing American attitudes toward childhood itself, a cultural resistance to the intrinsic value of childhood expressed through sentimentality, condescension, and moralizing." "Clark's study of the critical disregard for children's books since the end of the nineteenth century - which draws on recent scholarship in gender, cultural, and literary studies - offers provocative new insights into the history of both children's literature and American literature in general, and forcefully argues that the books our children read and love demand greater respect."--Jacket.".
- catalog extent "xv, 257 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Kiddie lit.".
- catalog identifier "0801869005 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Kiddie lit.".
- catalog issued "2003".
- catalog issued "2003.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "Kiddie lit.".
- catalog spatial "English-speaking countries.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "810.9/9282 21".
- catalog subject "Canon (Literature)".
- catalog subject "Children Books and reading English-speaking countries.".
- catalog subject "Children Books and reading United States.".
- catalog subject "Children in literature.".
- catalog subject "Children's literature, American History and criticism Theory, etc.".
- catalog subject "Children's literature, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Children's literature, English Appreciation United States.".
- catalog subject "PS490 .C56 2003".
- catalog tableOfContents "Kids and kiddie lit -- What Fauntleroy knew -- Kiddie lit in the academy -- The case of the boys' book : whitewashing Huck -- The case of the girls' book : Jo's girls -- The case of American fantasy : there's no place like Oz -- The case of British fantasy imports : Alice and Harry in America -- The case of the Disney version.".
- catalog title "Kiddie lit : the cultural construction of children's literature in America / Beverly Lyon Clark.".
- catalog type "text".