Radical Children's Literature Future Visions

Radical Children's Literaturereappraises the place of children's literature in culture, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas - about books, society, and the possibilities for narrative in an age of instant communication and multi-media. It looks at the stories young people are given about the world and themselves, and how these interact with changing childhoods and new technologies.

Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Children's Literature in the School of English at Newcastle University, UK, and President of the International Research Society for Children's Literature.

List of Illustrations	p. viii
Acknowledgements	p. ix
Author's Note	p. xi
Breaking Bounds: The Transformative Energy of Children's Literature	p. 1
Breaking the Frame: Picturebooks, Modernism, and New Media	p. 24
And None of It Was Nonsense	p. 45
Useful Idiots: Interactions Between Youth Culture and Children's Literature	p. 68
Self-harm, Silence, and Survival: Despair and Trauma in Children's Literature	p. 88
Baby, You're the Best: Sex and Sexuality in Contemporary Juvenile Fiction	p. 114
Frightening Fiction: The Transformative Power of Fear	p. 131
Back to the Future? New Forms and Formats in Juvenile Fiction	p. 155
Conclusion: The Foundations of Future Fictions	p. 180
Notes	p. 184
Bibliography	p. 193
Index	p. 208
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Radical Children's Literature Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction

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