On its first publication Narratives of Love and Loss was widely recognised as an important and perceptive contribution to the study of children's literature and for its capacity to stimulate deep emotional responses in both child and adult readers. This welcome reissue includes a new postscript exploring in detail the phenomenal success of J.K Rowling's series of Harry Potter stories. The authors succeed in bringing a deep sociological and psychoanalytic close reading to some of the finest writing for children in post-war Britain and America, including works by C.S. Lewis, Rumer Godden, E.B. White and Russel Hoban. Focussed primarily on the 'fantasy genre of stories' the authors identify and sensitively explore the themes of imaginative and emotional growth, language and play, love and loss; always situating these within the broader social and cultural context.
- ISBN10 086091187X
- ISBN13 9780860911876
- Publish Date 1 November 1987 (first published 1 October 1987)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 February 1992
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Verso Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English