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050 00 $aPN1009.A1$bG87 1998
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100 1 $aGuroian, Vigen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86118423
245 10 $aTending the heart of virtue :$bhow classic stories awaken a child's moral imagination /$cVigen Guroian.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c1998.
300 $axii, 198 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tAwakening the Moral Imagination --$g2.$tOn Becoming a Real Human Child: Pinocchio --$g3.$tLove and Immortality in The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Mermaid --$g4.$tFriends and Mentors in The Wind in the Willows, Charlotte's Web, and Bambi --$g5.$tEvil and Redemption in The Snow Queen and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe --$g6.$tHeroines of Faith and Courage: Princess Irene in The Princess and the Goblin and Lucy in Prince Caspian --$tConclusion: A Bibliographical Essay.
520 1 $a"Guroian illuminates the complex ways in which fairy tales and fantasies educate the moral imagination from earliest childhood.
520 8 $aExamining a wide range of stories - from Pinocchio and The Little Mermaid to Charlotte's Web, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Wind in the Willows, and the Narnia Chronicles - he argues that these tales capture the meaning of morality through vivid depictions of the struggle between good and evil, in which characters must make difficult choices between right and wrong, or heroes and villains contest the very fate of imaginary worlds. Character and the virtues are depicted compellingly in these stories; the virtues glimmer as if in a looking glass, and wickedness and deception are unmasked of their pretensions to goodness and truth.
520 8 $aWe are made to face the unvarnished truth about ourselves, and what kind of people we want to be." "Throughout, Guroian highlights the classical moral virtues such as courage, goodness, and honesty, especially as they are understood in traditional Christianity."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aChildren's literature$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117664
650 0 $aVirtues in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143813
650 0 $aLiterature and morals.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85077568
852 00 $bglx$hPN1009.A1$iG87 1998