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Sticks and Stones

The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter

By Jack Zipes

Published January 25th 2002 by Routledge – 240 pages

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    First published in 2002

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    "If [Zipes'] scholarship could be spread over several curricule vitae, the breadth and quality of it could certainly bring tenure to three or four scholars." -- Donald R. Hettinga

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    Jack Zipes is Professor of German at the University of Minnesota. Among his many publications are Don't Bet on the Prince (Routledge), Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (Bantam), and most recently the Oxford Companion to the Fairy Tale.

    Name: Sticks and Stones: The Troublesome Success of Children's Literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter (Paperback) – Routledge 
    Description: By Jack Zipes. First published in 2002
    Categories: Cultural Studies, Literature, Children's Literature, Literature & Culture