Enchanted Hunters: The Power of Stories in Childhood
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296 pages. The author is a Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature at Harvard. She teaches courses in the fields of folklore and children's literature. She is the author of The Annotated Br...
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296 pages. The author is a Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature at Harvard. She teaches courses in the fields of folklore and children's literature. She is the author of The Annotated Brothers Grimm, The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, and other books. Clean throughout; tight binding.
From Publisher:
Ever wondered why little children love listening to stories, why older ones get lost in certain books? In this enthralling work, Maria Tatar challenges many of our assumptions about childhood reading. Much as our culture pays lip service to the importance of literature, we rarely examine the creative and cognitive benefits of reading from infancy through adolescence. By exploring how beauty and horror operated in C.S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter novels, and many other narratives, Tatar provides a delightful work for parents, teachers, and general readers, not just examining how and what children read but also showing through vivid examples how literature transports and transforms children with its intoxicating, captivating, and occasionally terrifying energy. In the tradition of Bruno Bettelheim's landmark The Uses of Enchantment, Tatar's book is not only a compelling journey into the world of childhood but a trip back for adult readers as well.
Product Info
ISBN: 0393066010
ISBN-13: 9780393066012
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Year: 2009
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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