A Necessary Fantasy?: The Heroic Figure in Children's Popular Culture (Children's Literature and Culture)
A Necessary Fantasy?: The Heroic Figure in Children's Popular Culture (Children's Literature and Culture)
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"This volume joins the excellent series edited by Jack Zipes, which offers sophisticated critical studies that challenge the canon and canonized readings of literature for children."
–Choice
Book Description
This book addresses a variety of issues through the examination of heroic figures in children's popular literature, comics, film, and television.
A Necessary Fantasy?: The Heroic Figure in Children's Popular Culture (Children's Literature and Culture),DUDLEY JONES,Garland,0815318448,Child Development,Children's Literature - General,Children's Studies,Children's mass media,Heroes in mass media,Literary Criticism,Mass Communication,Media Studies,Popular Culture,Popular Culture - General,Sociology,Children's literature studies: general
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