可借阅:*
图书馆 | 资料类型 | 排架号 | 子计数 | 书架位置 | 状态 | 图书预约 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
正在检索... Science | Book | 823.912 B38B 2002 | 1 | Stacks | 正在检索... 未知 | 正在检索... 不可借阅 |
正在检索... Science | Book | 823.912 P866YM | 1 | Stacks | 正在检索... 未知 | 正在检索... 不可借阅 |
链接这些题名
已订购
摘要
摘要
Thirteen essays explore the timeless appeal of Peter's antics and the impact of this extraordinary book on children worldwide. Contributors, each a respected scholar in the field of children's literature, examine details of Potter's life, her history as an artist, her accomplishments as a naturalist, and the contextual factors affecting her writing and illustrations.
评论 (3)
《学校图书馆杂志》(School Library Journal)书评
This title may disappoint due to the small type size, the unimpressive black-and-white reproductions, and the lack of an index. It celebrates the centennial of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and is presented through articles by 13 authors who offer different perspectives and insights into Potter's brief tale. Some of the observations provide a brief look at the study of children's literature. These experts include biographers, museum specialists, scholars from English departments, and librarians. The articles are arranged in the following sections: "Text," which addresses readings of the book and responses of children to hearing it; "Pre-Text," an examination of the factors that contributed to the story's creation and a historical analysis of Potter's illustrations; "Con-Text," which looks at why this book has worked so well and endured for so long"; and "Post-Text," which includes an exploration of naturalistic accuracy, character development through sequels to Peter Rabbit. Notes and bibliography lead readers to additional sources related to information in each chapter. This is surely the most "written about" rabbit in the world. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
《儿童读物杂志》(Horn Book)书评
Margaret Mackey, author of The Case of Peter Rabbit: Changing Conditions of Literature for Children (1998), returns to Beatrix Potter's most famous character in this centennial review. Dividing the book into four sections, Mackey gives priority to the voice of children by opening part one (""The Text"") with a study of 346 urban African-American five- and six-year-olds by Lawrence R. Sipes. After airing the multiplicity of children's responses to Peter Rabbit, Mackey turns to Carole Scott's detailed semiotic reading of how the words and the pictures work in a hermeneutic circle to create an ""unusual hero."" ""Pre-Text,"" the second section, includes three historical pieces: biographer Judy Taylor provides a quick glimpse at Potter; Joyce Irene Whalley, formerly of the Victoria and Albert Museum, places Potter's illustrations in a lineage that includes Walter Crane and Randolph Caldecott; Lissa Paul extends the discussion of Potter's literary and visual heritage to consider Potter as a ""coolhunter"" who knowingly mined the popular Romantic images of John Everett Millais. ""Con-Text,"" the third and broadest of the sections, includes six essays that try to explain the enduring popularity of Peter Rabbit. The topics in this section range from identifying the universal elements of the book, to archetypal, Jungian, psychological, and ""radical change"" interpretations, to parallel readings with Goblin Market and Where the Wild Things Are, to a study of appetite. ""Post-Text"" addresses changes in and adaptations to the classic text, including its 1971 translation into Japanese, its sequels, and a discussion of the commercial and ""contemporary realities of children's literature"" in which books spin off a string of other commodities. Although one reads this collection yearning for an index and for full-color reproductions, especially of Millais's work, the discerning and enjoyable essays celebrate, appreciate, and offer fresh insights into the longevity of the beloved rabbit. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Choice 评论
The Children's Literature Association celebrates the century-long life of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Peter Rabbit by issuing this important small volume as its first in a series devoted to children's classics. Thirteen contributors from four countries examine the appeal of Potter's story, offering, in Mackey's words, a "snapshot of the state of the scholarly study of children's literature." Presented in four sections--"Text," "Pre-Text," "Con-Text," and "Post-Text"--the essays explore such subjects as how urban African American children experience the text; how Potter understood the new printing technologies at the turn of the century and their potential to circulate images to mass markets; and the radical qualities of the text, which still engage readers today. Other essays compare Peter to Christina Rossetti's poem Goblin Market (1862) and reveal how the text of Peter Rabbit and the life of Beatrix Potter follow similar Jungian archetypal journeys. Mackey (Univ. of Alberta) looks at the plethora of Peter Rabbit consumables, such as the Peter Rabbit Barbie doll, and a Japanese translator explores how Peter Rabbit, arguably the most famous children's book in the world, arrived in Japan in 1971. Recommended for collections supporting the study of children's literature at all levels, lower-division undergraduate through faculty. M. J. Fuller Miami University
目录
Acknowledgments | p. vii |
Introduction | p. ix |
Part 1 Text | p. 1 |
1 Contemporary Urban Children Respond to Peter Rabbit: Making a Text Culturally Relevant | p. 3 |
2 An Unusual Hero: Perspective and Point of View in The Tale of Peter Rabbit | p. 19 |
Part 2 Pre-Text | p. 31 |
3 The Story of The Tale of Peter Rabbit | p. 33 |
4 Beatrix Potter's Art | p. 43 |
5 Beatrix Potter and John Everett Millais: Reproductive Technologies and Coolhunting | p. 53 |
Part 3 Con-Text | p. 77 |
6 "You Should Not Loiter Longer": Beatrix Potter, Christina Rossetti, and Progressive Intertextual Revision | p. 79 |
7 Radical Qualities of The Tale of Peter Rabbit | p. 99 |
8 In Search of His Father's Garden | p. 117 |
9 A Jungian Perspective on the Enduring Appeal of Peter Rabbit | p. 131 |
10 Why Children Come Back: The Tale of Peter Rabbit and Where the Wild Things Are | p. 145 |
Part 4 Post-Text | p. 159 |
11 Humans Are So Rabbit | p. 161 |
12 The Mediation and Multiplication of Peter Rabbit | p. 173 |
13 Peter Rabbit in Japan and My Approach to Beatrix Potter's World | p. 189 |
About the Contributors | p. 197 |