{"product_id":"9780826458421","title":"Coming of Age in Children's Literature : Growth and Maturity in the Work of Phillippa Pearce, Cynthia Voigt and Jan Mark","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eComing of Age in Children's Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Margaret Meek Spencer, Victor Watson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Morag Styles and written by an interational team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering key authors, major works and contexts in which those texts are published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Meek and Victor Watson provide a profound and revealing examiniation of the treatment of personal development, maturation and rites of passage in literature written for children and adolescents. Including a broad survey of the theme across a number of genres and an in-depth analysis of the work of key writers, the authors work towards an answer to the question \"What is a classic?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Meek is Reader Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London. Victor Watson is Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780826458421\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Continuum","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40597414248654,"sku":"9780826458421","price":220.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780826458421","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}