Playing with books
Subtitle: a study of the reader as child
By: John Morgenstern.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780786442959
Subjects: Children's literature -- History and criticism; Children's literature, English -- History and criticism; Children's literature, American -- History and criticism; Childhood in literature; Play in literature; Children -- Books and reading
Description: "This is a history of children's literature, an analysis of the modern conception of childhood, a study of the stylistics of children's literature, and a rhetorical examination of children's novels. All these are connected by a thesis exploring the nature of children's play and what it reveals about children's biological nature and the nature of their literature. "--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.