Pinocchio goes postmodern : perils of a puppet in the United States

Date:

2002.

Author:

Wunderlich, Richard.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YHZ W965 P566 2002 LOCAL

Publisher:

Routledge

ISBN:

0815338961

Abstract:

"In Pinocchio Goes Postmodern, sociologist Richard Wunderlich and literary critic Thomas J. Morrissey trace the ways in which the revamped American Pinocchio has trivialized the real struggles of childhood depicted in Collodi's tale. Drawing upon an exhaustive collection of American Pinocchio publications, films, and stage performances, the authors show how the tale's innumerable transformations illuminate a period of great social and political change between the First World War and the postmodern present. An ambitious work of both literary criticism and cultural analysis, Pinocchio Goes Postmodern raises provocative questions about storytelling, adaptation, and the cultural importance of children's literature."--Jacket.

Physical Description:

xviiii, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Series:

Children's literature and culture and Children's literature and culture.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-246) and index.

Subjects:

Children Books and reading United States, Art appreciation, Children Books and reading, Le avventure di Pinocchio (Collodi) gtt, Jeugdliteratuur. gtt, Vertalingen. gtt, and Receptie-esthetica. gtt

Genres/Forms:

Adaptations and Adaptations. lcgft

Names:

Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. Avventure di Pinocchio, Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890. Avventure di Pinocchio Adaptations, Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890 Translations into English, Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890 Appreciation United States, Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890 Translations into English, and Collodi, Carlo, 1826-1890

Geographic Terms:

United States

Titles:

Avventure di Pinocchio (Collodi, Carlo)