02168cam a22002654a 4500008004100000020001800041020001500059020001800074020001500092040000800107050002100115245013900136260003400275300001100309490003800320505001700358518001500375520126900390650006201659650005901721650004201780651002801822700002201850700003001872100907s2011    nyu      b    001 0 eng    a9780415877893  a041587789X  a9780203830833  a0203830830  aSDU00aPR8825bI68 201100aIrish children's literature and culture :bnew perspectives on contemporary writing /cedited by Valerie Coghlan and Keith O'Sullivan.  aNew York :bRoutledge,c2011.  a213 p.0 aChildren's literature and culture  aHKBU library  aYT2025 M09  a"Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major genres, forms, and issues, including the gothic, the speculative, picturebooks, ethnicity, and globalization. It contextualizes modern Irish children's literature in relation to Irish mythology and earlier writings, as well as in relation to Irish writing for adults, thereby demonstrating the complexity of this fascinating area. What constitutes a "national literature" is rarely straightforward, and it is especially complex when discussing writing for young people in an Irish context. Until recently, there was only a slight body of work that could be classified as "Irish children's literature" in comparison with Ireland's contribution to adult literature in the twentieth century. The contributors to the volume examine a range of texts in relation to contemporary literary and cultural theory, and children's literature internationally, raising provocative questions about the future of the topic. Irish Children's Literature and Culture is essential reading for those interested in Irish literature, culture, sociology, childhood, and children's literature"-- 0aEnglish literaturexIrish authorsxHistory and criticism. 0aChildren's literature, EnglishxHistory and criticism. 0aChildrenxBooks and readingzIreland. 0aIrelandxIn literature.1 aCoghlan, Valerie.1 aO'Sullivan, Keith,d1974-