Tending the heart of virtue : how classic stories awaken a child's moral imagination /

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Examining a wide range of children's stories, the author argues that they capture the meaning of morality through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, in which characters must make choices between right and wrong, or heroes and villains contest the fate of imaginary worlds.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Guroian, Vigen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Temas:
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Virtues in literature.
Literature and morals.
Literature > General.
Languages & Literatures.
Vertus dans la littérature.
Littérature et morale.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
Children's literature
Literature and morals
Virtues in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Awakening the Moral Imagination; 2 On Becoming a Real Human Child: Pinocchio; 3 Love and Immortality in The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Mermaid; 4 Friends and Mentors in The Wind in the Willows, Charlotte's Web, and Bambi; 5 Evil and Redemption in The Snow Queen and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; 6 Heroines of Faith and Courage: Princess Irene in The Princess and the Goblin and Lucy in Prince Caspian; Conclusion: A Bibliographical Essay; Notes; Index.

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