{"product_id":"the-promise-of-happiness-value-and-meaning-in-childrens-fiction-paperback-9780521270700","title":"The Promise of Happiness; Value and Meaning in Children's Fiction (Paperback) 9780521270700","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Promise of Happiness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eValue and Meaning in Children's Fiction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in paperback in 1982, this is a study of the best children's fiction of the previous hundred years.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFred Inglis (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521270700, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 September 1982\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e348 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in paperback in 1982, this book was written in answer to the question 'which books should our children read, and why?' It is a study of what is, in the author's opinion, the best children's fiction of the previous hundred years, and at the same time a study of the social values which that fiction celebrates and criticises. Fred Inglis concentrates on stories for children aged between nine and thirteen; he contrasts the kinds of delight and profit to be gained from classics ancient and modern, from the novels of Dickens and Lewis Carroll via those of Arthur Ransome and Tolkien to William Mayne, Ursula Leguin, Russell Hoban and Philippa Pearce, situating these books in the social context from which they came and relating them to the audience of adults who are expected to write, publish, judge and choose books for their children.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I. Theory and Experience: 1. The terms of reference\u003cbr\u003e 2. Looking back into the blank of my infancy\u003cbr\u003e 3. The history of children - little innocents and limbs of Satan\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Texts and Contexts: The Old Books: 4. The lesser great tradition\u003cbr\u003e 5. Class and classic - the greatness of Arthur Ransome\u003cbr\u003e 6. Girl or boy: home and away\u003cbr\u003e 7. Let's be friends\u003cbr\u003e 8. Cult and culture: a political-psychological excursus\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained: The New Work: 9. History absolves nobody - ritual and romance\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rumours of angels and spells in the suburbs\u003cbr\u003e 11. Experiments with time and notes on nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e 12. Love and death in children's novels\u003cbr\u003e 13. Resolution and independence\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004696809752,"sku":"9780521270700","price":35.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521270700i_84b4116a-9bb6-438c-9c82-8df3d340f45f.jpg?v=1691374294","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-promise-of-happiness-value-and-meaning-in-childrens-fiction-paperback-9780521270700","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}