Children's literature and New York City /
Whyte, Pádraic,editor of compilation.
O'Sullivan, Keith,1974-editor of compilation.
"This collection explores the significance of New York City in children's literature, stressing literary, political, and societal influences on writing for young people from the twentieth century to the present day. Contextualized in light of contemporary critical and cultural theory, the chapters examine the varying ways in which children's literature has engaged with New York City as a city space, both in terms of (urban) realism and as an 'idea', such as the fantasy of the city as a place of opportunity, or other associations. The collection visits not only dominant themes, motifs, and tropes, but also the different narrative methods employed to tell readers about the history, function, physical structure, and conceptualization of New York City, acknowledging the shared or symbiotic relationship between literature and the city: just as literature can give imaginative 'reality' to the city, the city has the potential to shape the literary text. This book critically engages with most of the major forms and genres for children/young adults that dialogue with New York City, and considers such authors as Margaret Wise Brown, Felice Holman, E. L. Konigsburg, Maurice Sendak, J. D. Salinger, John Donovan, Shaun Tan, Elizabeth Enright, and Patti Smith."--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This collection explores the significance of New York City in children's literature, stressing literary, political, and societal influences on writing for young people from the twentieth century to the present day. Contextualized in light of contemporary critical and cultural theory, the chapters examine the varying ways in which children's literature has engaged with New York City as a city space, both in terms of (urban) realism and as an 'idea', such as the fantasy of the city as a place of opportunity, or other associations. The collection visits not only dominant themes, motifs, and tropes, but also the different narrative methods employed to tell readers about the history, function, physical structure, and conceptualization of New York City, acknowledging the shared or symbiotic relationship between literature and the city: just as literature can give imaginative 'reality' to the city, the city has the potential to shape the literary text. This book critically engages with most of the major forms and genres for children/young adults that dialogue with New York City, and considers such authors as Margaret Wise Brown, Felice Holman, E. L. Konigsburg, Maurice Sendak, J. D. Salinger, John Donovan, Shaun Tan, Elizabeth Enright, and Patti Smith."--
ch. 1 Bank Street and Beyond: New York City in the Here and Now Books of Lucy Sprague Mitchell and Margaret Wise Brown / Joseph Stanton -- ch. 2 F̀orm Follows Function': Elizabeth Enright's Melendy Quartet (1941--1951) / Julie Anne Stevens -- ch. 3 Striated Space and Smooth Space in Nick McDonell's Twelve / Keith O'Sullivan -- ch. 4 Navigating Adolescence through the Streets of New York: I'll Get There. It Better Be Worth the Trip / Padraic Whyte -- ch. 5 C̀ities Will Sing': Natural New York / Jenny Bavidge -- ch. 6 A City Cold and Wild: Nature and Social Justice in Slake's Limbo and Ten Mile River / Suzanne Marie Hopcroft -- ch. 7 Ǹew York is a Great Place': Urban Mobility in Twentieth-Century Children's Literature / Sonya Sawyer Fritz -- ch. 8 Catalysing Urban Interaction: Individual and Crowded Identities in New York City / Jane Suzanne Carroll -- ch. 9 Self in the City: Young Adult Fiction about New York City after 9/11 / Jo Lampert --
Contents note continued: ch. 10 I am an Island: Caribbean Immigrants to New York City in Children's Literature / Karen Sands-O'Connor -- ch. 11 The View from the Top of the Bus: Curious George in Emigre New York / Katie Trumpener -- ch. 12 New York City: A Dystopian Utopia in Visual Narratives / Valerie Coghlan -- ch. 13 A Right to Music: New York and Mid-Century Liberal Imagination in The Cricket in Times Square / Helen Conrad O'Briain -- ch. 14 Just Kids: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Androgyne in New York / Roni Natov.
Children's literature, American
Young adult literature, American