Secrets, lies and children's fiction / Kerry Mallan.
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...
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[Basingstoke] :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2013.
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| Series: | Critical approaches to children's literature.
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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.