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Retelling stories, framing culture : traditional story and metanarratives in children's literature / John Stephens, Robyn McCallum.

Stephens, John, 1944- (Author). McCallum, Robyn. (Added Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0815312989
  • ISBN: 9780815312987
  • Physical Description: xi, 316 pages ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Garland Pub., 1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-307) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Pre-texts, metanarratives, and the western methaethic -- Authority, wisdom, and cultural heritage: biblical literature as pre-text -- Classical mythology: the mystery underlying everyday things? -- Distinction, individuality, sociality: patterns for a heroic life -- An affirmation of civilization against barbarism: Arthur and Arthurianism in medievalist and quasi-medieval romance -- The boys in the Greenwood: stories of Robin Hood -- Folktale and metanarratives of female agency -- The idea of the orient: stories and motifs from the Arabian Nights -- Reversions of early modern classics.
Subject:
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Children > Books and reading.
Children > Books and reading.
Children's literature.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library PN 1009 .A1 S74 1998 243512 Stacks Available -

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