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From Tongue to Text

By Debbie Pullinger

From Tongue to Text

By Debbie Pullinger

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The connection between childhood and poetry runs deep. And yet, poetry written for children has been neglected by criticism and resists prevailing theories of children's literature. Drawing on Walter Ong's theory of orality and on Iain McGilChrist's work on brain function, this book develops a new theoretical framework for the study of children's poetry. From Tongue to Text argues that the poem is a multimodal form that exists in the borderlands between the world of experience and the world of language and between orality and literacy - places that children themselves inhabit. Engaging with a wide range of poetry from nursery rhymes and Christina Rossetti to Michael Rosen and Carol Ann Duffy, Debbie Pullinger demonstrates how these 'tactful' works are shaped by the dynamics of orality and textuality.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
280
Release Date:
2017-05-04
Publication Date:
2017-05-04
Publisher:
Continnuum-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1474222323
ISBN13:
9781474222327
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
587 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
20 cm
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