Global Perspectives on Death in Children's Literature

by Leyli Jamali

Book Overview

This book visits death in children's literature from around the world, contributing to the fields of Childhood Studies, Children's Literature, and Death Studies. Considering textual and pictorial representations of death, contributors focus on death as a physical reality, a philosophical concept, a psychologically challenging adjustment, and/or a social construct, offering a diverse range of theoretical and cultural perspectives. Sections interrogate...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138547719
• ISBN13: 9781138547711
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"