Literary Criticism Children's Literature
Beowulf as Children's Literature
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2021
- Category
- Children's Literature, Books & Reading, Medieval
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781487502706
- Publish Date
- Dec 2021
- List Price
- $84.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487515850
- Publish Date
- Oct 2021
- List Price
- $84.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487515843
- Publish Date
- Jul 2021
- List Price
- $80.00
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Description
The single largest category of Beowulf representation and adaptation, outside of direct translation of the poem, is children’s literature. Over the past century and a half, more than 150 new versions of Beowulf directed to child and teen audiences have appeared, in English and in many other languages. In this collection of original essays, Bruce Gilchrist and Britt Mize examine the history and processes of remaking Beowulf for young readers.
Inventive in their manipulations of story, tone, and genre, these adaptations require their authors to make countless decisions about what to include, exclude, emphasize, de-emphasize, and adjust. This volume considers the many forms of children’s literature, focusing primarily on picture books, illustrated storybooks, and youth novels, but taking account also of curricular aids, illustrated full translations of the poem, and songs. Contributors address issues of gender, historical context, war and violence, techniques of narration, education, and nationalism, investigating both the historical and theoretical dimensions of bringing Beowulf to child audiences.
About the authors
Bruce Gilchrist is a professor in the Department of English at CÉGEP John Abbott College.
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Britt Mize is an associate professor in the Department of English at Texas A&M University.