Childhood, food and fantasy the baggins and the took side of life
In numerous British fantasies for children, eating and drinking feature substantially. In addition, the narratives make intriguing statements about children and childhood. The present monograph examines the fantasy genre through these two major concepts of childhood and food. The texts chosen for di...
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2018
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | In numerous British fantasies for children, eating and drinking feature substantially. In addition, the narratives make intriguing statements about children and childhood. The present monograph examines the fantasy genre through these two major concepts of childhood and food. The texts chosen for discussion are classic specimens of high and low or domestic fantasy: Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871/72), Edith Nesbit’s Five Children and It (1902), Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows (1908) and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit or There and Back Again (1937). The subtitle of this study, “the Baggins and the Took side of life,” refers to two contrasting lifestyles: to avoid or to indulge in adventures. At the same time it neatly symbolizes the tensions between the realistic and the phantastic. It is between these two poles that decisive experiences are made – for protagonists and readers – and a unique kind of truth emerges. |
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| Beschreibung: | 389 Seiten 21 cm x 14.8 cm, 627 g |
| ISBN: | 9783868217513 978-3-86821-751-3 3868217517 3-86821-751-7 |