Literature for Children: Contemporary Criticism - Peter Hunt - Hardcover

Criticism of children's literature is an exiting and expanding inter-disciplinary field, relevant and accessible to a wide audience. Literature for Children: Contemporary Criticism is a companion to Children's Literature: The Development of Criticism (Routledge, 1990), which outlined the critical field. The current volume contains some of the most important essays published in the field in the last five years, demonstrating the link between literary criticism, history, education and psychology. It also includes three new essays by major authorities and an examination of the thoery of poetry in education. Peter Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in the School of English at the University of Wales. He has lectured on children's literature worldwide and has published several novels and books for children. Critical books include Criticism, Theory and Children's Literature (Blackwell, 1991) and Children's Literature: the Development of Criticism (Routledge, 1990).Hunt, Peter is the author of 'Literature for Children: Contemporary Criticism - Peter Hunt - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780415068260 and ISBN 0415068266.