From Tongue to Text: A New Reading of Children's Poetry

Häftad, Engelska, 2018

AvDebbie Pullinger,Lisa Sainsbury

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum2018-11-29
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt399 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieBloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature
Antal sidor280
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350092198

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IntroductionChildren's Poetry: the problem childMind and BodyPart One: TactThe Hidden ChildNot NarrativeIn our right minds?The infancy of languageThe language of infancyThe crossingThe containerTactful languagePart Two: TongueEar and voiceOrality and vocalityAnd another thingMaking listsAgain and againHere and nowAll join in!Live and in performancePart Three: TextHand and eyeFrom performance to pageFrom A to ZThe poetics of the pageThe distances of textThe child and the textConclusionGlossaryBibliographyIndex

In a brief closing section, Pullinger returns to the idea of ‘tactful reading’ to argue that children’s poetry is best understood, not through arm’s-length theories, but through methodologies that are grounded in ‘commitment, immersion, abandonment, trust’ … This is an ambitious conclusion to an ambitious study. Its success reflects the author’s broad knowledge of contemporary British poetry as well as her willingness to draw from multiple academic perspectives. While the study of children’s literature is flourishing, it remains divided among the disciplines of education, literary criticism, history, and psychology. From Tongue to Text is itself an act of ‘integrated reading’ that crosses disciplinary lines to make a strong case for the value and complexity of children’s poetry.