Transcending Boundaries
Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults
Author: Sandra L. Beckett Series: Children's Literature and Culture
Focusing on 20th-century literature, this text examines the way some authors write for both children and adults.
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Focusing on 20th-century literature, this text examines the way some authors write for both children and adults.
Description
Transcending Boundaries: Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults is a collection of essays on twentieth century authors who cross the borders between adult and children's literature and appeals to both audiences. This collection of fourteen essays by scholars from eight countries constitutes the first book devoted to the art of crosswriting child and adult in twentieth century international literature. Transcending Boundaries explores the multifaceted nature of crossover literature and the diverse ways in which writers cross the borders to address a dual readership of children and adults. It includes classics such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Pinocchio, with particular emphasis on post World War II literature. The essays in Transcending Boundaries clearly suggest that crossover literature is major, widespread trend that appears to be sharply on the rise.
About the Author
Sandra L. Beckett
is Professor of French at Brock University. She is the author of Red Riding Hood for All Ages: A Fairy Tale Icon in Cross-Cultural Contexts (forthcoming), Recycling Red Riding Hood, and De grands romanciers écrivent pour les enfants. She is the editor of Transcending Boundaries: Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults and Reflections of Change: Children’s Literature Since 1945, and the co-editor of Beyond Babar: The European Tradition in Children’s Literature.Product Details
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