Books like Children's fiction in the hands of the translators
Children's fiction in the hands of the translators by Göte Klingberg reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
What Children's fiction in the hands of the translators is like to read
A scholarly monograph on the theory and practice of translating children's literature across languages and cultures. Best for: translators, comparative-literature scholars, and children's-literature researchers.
Fantasy literature for children and young adults
Ruth Nadelman Lynn · 1989
Both explore children's literature
Semiotics of poetry
Michael Riffaterre · 1978
A demanding academic argument that builds a rigorous structuralist apparatus for reading poetic texts; the reading experience is one of dense theoretical exposition rather than narrative.
Language and mind
Noam Chomsky · 1968
A dense, closely-argued academic work laying out Chomsky's biolinguistic theory of Universal Grammar; demands sustained attention to technical linguistic argument rather than narrative pleasure.
Social Sciences
Kath Woodward · 2003
Both explore cultural studies
Perrine's literature, Structure, sound and sense--Eighth edition
Thomas R. Arp · 2001
A comprehensive literature textbook surveying fiction, poetry, and drama with analytical apparatus for close reading.
Introducing English for Specific Purposes
Laurence Anthony · 2018
Both explore linguistics
Economics
Richard G. Lipsey · 1966
A systematic, chapter-by-chapter tour of economic theory from micro foundations up to macro and global markets — dense, authoritative, and diagram-heavy rather than narrative.
Fashion as communication
Malcolm Barnard · 1996
A concise but theoretically dense academic introduction that reads fashion through cultural-studies and postmodern theory, foregrounding Simmel, Derrida, Baudrillard and Jameson to unpack class, gender and identity.
Practicing New Historicism
Catherine Gallagher · 2000
Both explore cultural studies
Children's Literature Review
Gerard J. Senick · 1978
Both explore children's literature
Inside the Secret Garden
Carolyn Strom Collins · 2001
Both explore children's literature
Literature--reading fiction, poetry, drama, and the essay
Robert DiYanni · 1986
A structured classroom anthology-textbook experience: guided analysis of fiction, poetry, drama, and essay rather than a narrative to be swept up in.
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translators, comparative-literature scholars, and children's-literature researchers
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