When toys come alive : narratives of animation, metamorphosis, and development /

Since the eighteenth century, toys have had an important place in European and American stories written for children and adults, often taking on a secret, sensual, even carnivalesque life of their own. In this ground-breaking work, Lois Rostow Kuznets studies the role of toy characters in works rang...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuznets, Lois R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Metamorphosis in literature.
Toys in literature.
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Fantasy literature > History and criticism.
Children > Books and reading.
Métamorphose dans la littérature.
Jouets dans la littérature.
Littérature de jeunesse > Histoire et critique.
Littérature fantastique > Histoire et critique.
Métamorphose (Biologie) dans la littérature.
Enfants > Livres et lecture.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Children > Books and reading
Children's literature
Fantasy literature
Metamorphosis in literature
Toys in literature
Jugendliteratur
Kinderliteratur
Metamorphose > Motiv
Metamorphose
Fantastische Literatur
Spielzeug > Motiv
Spielzeug
Verlebendigung
Künstliches Leben
Künstlicher Mensch
Jeugdliteratuur.
Speelgoed.
Fantastische literatuur.
Critica literaria.
Crianca (sociologia)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An introduction to my world of literary toys
  • Toys : their first ten thousand years
  • On the couch with Calvin, Hobbes, and Winnie the Pooh
  • Coming out in flesh and blood
  • Where have all the young men gone?
  • The doll connection
  • Magic settings, transitional space
  • The animal-toy league
  • Beyond the last visible toy
  • Life(size) endowments : monsters, automata, robots, cyborgs.

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