ABSTRACT
Transcending Boundaries: Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults is a collection of essays on twentieth-century authors who cross the borders between adult and children's literature and appeal to both audiences. This collection of fourteen essays by scholars from eight countries constitutes the first book devoted to the art of crosswriting the child and adult in twentieth-century international literature. Sandra Beckett explores the multifaceted nature of crossover literature and the diverse ways in which writers cross the borders to address a dual readership of children and adults. It considers classics such as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Pinocchio, with particular emphasis on post-World War II literature. The essays in Transcending Boundaries clearly suggest that crossover literature is a major, widespread trend that appears to be sharply on the rise.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |80 pages
Critics, Crosswriting, and the Canon
chapter |10 pages
Crossing the Border
chapter |31 pages
Crosswriting Child and Adult in France
part |46 pages
Ages All? Parents, Play, and Picturebooks
chapter |16 pages
“Ages: All”
part |38 pages
Oppression, Repression, Subversion, Transgression: Crossover and Censorship
chapter |20 pages
Writing for a Dual Audience in the Former Soviet Union
part |34 pages
Distinctions, Demarcations, and Double Address
chapter |16 pages
Maintaining Distinctions
part |56 pages
Tradition and Innovation: Modernism, Postmodernism, and Beyond