Antarctica in British Children's Literature

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-49328-8
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 332 g

Reihe: Children's Literature and Culture

For over a century British authors have been writing about the Antarctic for child readers, yet this body of literature has never been explored in detail. Antarctica in British Children’s Literature examines this field for the first time, identifying the dominant genres and recurrent themes and tropes while interrogating how this landscape has been constructed as a wilderness within British literature for children.

The text is divided into two sections. Part I focuses on the stories of early-twentieth-century explorers such as Robert F. Scott and Ernest Shackleton. Antarctica in British Children’s Literature highlights the impact of children’s literature on the expedition writings of Robert Scott, including the influence of Scott’s close friend, author J.M. Barrie. The text also reveals the important role of children’s literature in the contemporary resurgence of interest in Scott’s long-term rival Ernest Shackleton. Part II focuses on fictional narratives set in the Antarctic, including early-twentieth-century whaling literature, adventure and fantasy texts, contemporary animal stories and environmental texts for children. Together these two sections provide an insight into how depictions of this unique continent have changed over the past century, reflecting transformations in attitudes towards wilderness and wild landscapes.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moriarty, Sinead

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part One: ‘Heroic Era’ Narratives

Chapter One: Robert F. Scott’s Last Expedition



Chapter Two: Ernest Shackleton And Heroic Survival

Chapter Three: "Heroic Era" Subversions and Revisions



Part Two: Antarctic Fiction

Chapter Four: Uncanny Adventures Chapter Five: Antarctic Whaling Literature for Children

Chapter Six: Picturing Penguins

Conclusion

References

Über Autor(innen)

Sinéad Moriarty received her MA and PhD in Children’s Literature from the National Centre for Research in Children’s Literature at the University of Roehampton. She is currently working as a Teaching Fellow in Children’s Literature in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin. Sinéad has published on topics including the use of maps in contemporary Antarctic literature for children, as well as twentieth-century Robinsonades for child readers.