Brave new worlds
Subtitle: old and new classics of children's literatures
By: Elena Paruolo (ed.).
Contributors: Paruolo, Elena; Università degli studi di Salerno; Università degli studi di Venezia
Series: Recherches comparatives sur les livres et le multimédia d'enfance -- no. 4; Recherches comparatives sur les livres et le multimédi d'enfance -- no. 4.
Publisher: P.I.E. Peter Lang
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bruxelles; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9789052017105
Subjects: Congresses; History and criticism; Translations; Children's literature; Adaptations
Notes: Papers from the International Conference "Brave New Worlds", organised by the University of Salerno and the University of Venice Ca' Foscari, and held in Salerno, Italy, June 11-12, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Elena Paruolo; title: Critical writing on old and new classics. Crossover classics: classics for all ages / Sandra Beckett; title: British classics on the operating table : dissecting Alice's adventures in wonderland, Through the looking glass and The wind in the willows / Peter Hunt; title: French classics: between a nostalgia for the sacred and the buoyancy of playing child / Jean Perrot; title: From Robinson der Jüngere (Robinson the Younger) to Tintenherz (Inkheart): tracing German children's fiction between realism and fantasy / Anja Muller; title: "Twinkle Twinkle little bat!": appraising old and new classics of children's poetry / Morag Styles; title: Vernon God Little: a future crossover classic? / Stefania Ciocia; title: Translations/adaptations of some classics. Translating Alice: clash of logics in a dream-like tale / Alessandro Serpieri; title: Alice 'int' 'o Paese d' 'e Maraveglie (Alice in Wonderland) / Roberto D'ajello; title: The "paratext effect" in the translation of children's classics: the case of La guerre des boutons (The War of the Buttons) /; title: Roberta Pederzoli; title: Illustrating the classics / Mauro Evangelista; title: "The witch is not such a bad egg": adapting Hansel and Gretel for a contemporary audience / Laura Tosi.