Projects and publications
Projects
Caribbean Poetry
A joint venture set up by Morag Styles with the University of West Indies in Jamaica and Trinidad. Linked to the Poetry Archive and funded by the Centre for Commonwealth Education, the project aims to promote achievement through learning and teaching of poetry in schools in the Caribbean and UK as well as developing a research strand. See the website for full details of the project and the new short course on Caribbean poetry for teachers and trainees, and devised by poets and leading international educationalists and scholars.
Publications
Some selected recent publications from members of the centre.
Books
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Edited by Morag Styles, Louise Joy and David Whitley (2010) Poetry and Childhood. The first academic book to give critical attention to the poetry of childhood proceeds from a prestigious international conference at the British Library and brings together essays from poets, critics and scholars. |
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Edited by Morag Styles and Evelyn Arizpe (2009) Acts of Reading. Both an enchanting and scholarly review of the history of reading and texts for children, from the eighteenth century to the digital age. |
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Maria Nikolajeva (2009) Power, Voice and Subjectivity in Literature for Young Readers. An exploration of one of the most controversial aspects of children's literature: its use as an instrument of power, through topics that include gender, crossvocalisation, species and picturebook image. |
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Whitley, David (2008) The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation. A compelling study of which challenges the notion that the Disney aesthetic precludes a critical awareness of contested environmental issues. |
Articles
Beauvais, Clementine (2010) 'A Nightmare Land, A Place of Death': An Exploration of Moon as Motif in Hergé's Destination Moon (1953) and Explorers on the Moon (1954) Children's Literature in Education 41(3)
Cliff Hodges, Gabrielle, Nikolajeva, Maria, and Taylor, Liz (2010) 'Three Walks Through Fictional Fens: Multidisciplinary Approaches on Gaffer Samson's Luck'. Children's Literature in Education 41(3)
Nikolajeva, Maria (2010) 'Literacy, competence and meaning: a human sciences approach'. The Cambridge Journal of Education 40(2)
Whitley, David (2007) 'Childhood and Modernity: Dark Themes in Carol Ann Duffy's Poetry for Children'. Children's Literature in Education 38(2)
