![]() ![]() Meanwhile, children's literature has frequently swung between two poles: viewed as a vehicle for either entertainment or didacticism, it engenders passionate arguments regarding the role of the word and image in a child's life. ![]() and thus, often inadvertently, give us a picture of how it actually was" (1995, ix & xi). "Nobody is quite sure what children's literature is, and therefore constructing its history is a contentious business," Peter Hunt usefully points out, noting that children's literature often reflects an idealized version of how adults wish to view themselves: "These books give us a remarkable picture of how society wished itself to be. Word and Image in the Children's Book Baggage (Bagazh 1931 ed.), pp.2-3īecause childhood itself is notoriously difficult to define, its boundaries and characteristics shifting over the centuries, an unambiguous definition of children's literature also eludes our grasp. ![]()
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