Title: Playing with books
First published: 2009
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.
Subjects: History and criticism, Childhood in literature, Children's literature, English, Children's literature, Books and reading, Children's literature, American, Play in literature, Children, Children's literature, history and criticism, Children, books and reading, Children in literature
LC classification: PN1009.A1 M74 2009