Secrets, lies and children's fiction /

Many children learn from a very young age about the importance of always telling the truth. They also learn that telling lies is necessary if they are to survive in a world that paradoxically values the truth but practises deception. Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction demonstrates how this pa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mallan, Kerry
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Series:	Critical approaches to children's literature.
Subjects:	Children's stories > History and criticism. Survival in literature. Truthfulness and falsehood in literature. Paradox in literature. Secrecy in literature. Children > Books and reading. LITERARY CRITICISM / General. LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading. LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies.

Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION: THE BURDEN OF TRUTH
PART I: TRUTH, LIES, AND SURVIVAL
1. Unveiling the truth
2. Lies of Necessity
3. The scapegoat
PART II: SECRETS AND SECRECY
4. Secrets of State
5. Secret Societies
6. Our Secret Selves
PART III: TANGLED WEBS
7. Mendacious Animals
8. Artful Deception
Conclusion.