The Oxford Companion to Australian Children's Literature
Author | : Stella Lees |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Authors, Australian |
ISBN | : 9780195535921 |
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Author | : Stella Lees |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 485 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Authors, Australian |
ISBN | : 9780195535921 |
Author | : Daniel Hahn |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 678 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0199695148 |
The last thirty years have witnessed one of the most fertile periods in the history of children's books. A fascinating reference guide to the world of children's literature, this volume covers every genre from fairy tales to chapbooks; school stories to science fiction; comics to children's hymns
Author | : Daniel Hahn |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Children's literature |
ISBN | : 9781787855519 |
Thousands of authoritative and accessible entries on every aspect of children's literature, covering authors, illustrators, works, characters, genres, and much more. From Mark Haddon to Harry Potter, Raymond Briggs to Maurice Sendak, and Douglas Adams to The Gruffalo.
Author | : Peter Hunt |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 934 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0415088569 |
The Encyclopedia offers comprehensive and international coverage of children's literature from a number of perspectives - theory and critical approaches, types and genres, context, applications and individual country essays.
Author | : Bernice E. Cullinan |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 930 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780826417787 |
Provides articles covering children's literature from around the world as well as biographical and critical reviews of authors including Avi, C.S. Lewis, J.K. Rowling, and Anno Mitsumasa.
Author | : James C. Docherty |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0810876345 |
The last continent to be claimed by Europeans, Australia began to be settled by the British in 1788 in the form of a jail for its convicts. While British culture has had the largest influence on the country and its presence can be seen everywhere, the British were not Australia's original populace. The first inhabitants of Australia, the Aborigines, are believed to have migrated from Southeast Asia into northern Australia as early as 60,000 years ago. This distinctive blend of vastly different cultures contributed to the ease with which Australia has become one of the world's most successful immigrant nations. The A to Z of Australia relates the history of this unique and beautiful land, which is home to an amazing range of flora and fauna, a climate that ranges from tropical forests to arid deserts, and the largest single collection of coral reefs and islands in the world. Through a detailed chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on some of the more significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets, author James Docherty provides a much needed single volume reference on Australia, from its most unpromising of beginnings as a British jail to the liberal, tolerant, democracy it is today.
Author | : Maurice Saxby |
Publisher | : Macmillan Education AU |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 1997-10-15 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9780732945206 |
Books in the Life of a Child explores the value of books and reading in the stimulation of children's imagination and their fundamental importance in the development of language and true literacy. It examines not only the vast range of children's books available but also how to introduce young people to the joys of reading in the home, the school and in the community. The book has been written as a resource for all adults, especially teachers, student teachers, librarians and parents, and those who care about the value of literature for children. It is a comprehensive and critical guide, with chapters on the history of children's literature and an analysis of its many forms and genres, from poetry, fairytale, myth, legend and fantasy, through realistic and historical fiction, to humour, pulp fiction and information books.
Author | : State Library of South Australia (Adelaide). Children's Literature Research Collection |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brian McFarlane |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 618 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Performing Arts |
ISBN | : |
The Oxford Companion to Australian Film is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in Australian movies. This Companion is a comprehensive guide to the people and ideas that have made Australian cinema. It contains more than a thousand entries and was written by almost a hundred scholars and writers with expertise in different facets of Australian film. No other reference book on this subject contains so many features: * succinct yet detailed entries on key figures (actors, directors, producers, writers, designers, composers etc.) * incisive discussions of major films, with credits and plot summaries * longer essays on critical and historical themes * a series of extended interviews (specially prepared for this Companion) with some of the luminaries of Australian film, including Goeffrey Rush and Pamela Rabe * over 100 illustrations (portraits, stills, and posters) * thorough bibliography * full list of AFI awards * subject index providing easy access to relevant entries. This Companion celebrates Australia's love of the movies and provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of its unique contribution to the art.
Author | : Warren Arthur Bebbington |
Publisher | : Melbourne : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The Oxford Companion to Australian Music is a reference work that will be of interest to music lovers as well as of use to musicians, scholars and students. To date no volume has combined an account of Australia's music with biographical information about its musicians, a critical guide totheir works, publishers and recordings, and a guide to the burgeoning literature in the field. With more than 2,000 entries, the Companion ranges across a wide spectrum, from ancient Aboriginal traditions and European-derived orchestral, operatic and concert music, to Australian folk jazz, country, popular, rock, electronic and experimental music. It covers the music not only of mainstreamaudiences but also of Australia's religious denominations and recent migrant communities. Special attention is given to the distinctive features of Australian musical life: its reliance on government support rather than private or ecclesiastical patronage, its unquenchable appetite for eisteddfods,choral societies and bands; the shadow cast by European traditions; the vicissitudes of its attitudes towards composers; the late development of music criticism and scholarship; and the role of regional cities and towns. There are numerous entries on Aboriginal subjects and on key musical organizations and considerable space is given to a series of longer entries covering musical works, institutions, genres, instruments, terms, and many of the historical contexts of Australian music. These key essays offer anauthoritative framework for a better understanding of the shape and originality of music-making in Australia.