In this important and timely study, Murray Knowles and Kristen Malmkjaer examine the work of some of our most popular 19th and 20th century children's writers in order to expose the persuasive power of language in children's literature. At the heart of "Language and" "Control in Children's Literature" lies two surveys of children's favorite readings, the first conducted in 1888, the other a hundred years later by the authors themselves. Using computer analyses of the vocabulary and grammar patterns in the most popular children's texts of each period, the authors examine the ways in which authors use language to inculcate a particular world view in the minds of their readers. This is an invaluable book for anyone concerned with language, literature, children and what they read.

Children's literature has received little serious linguistic analysis despite its widely acknowledged influence on the development and socialisation of young people. In this important and timely study Murray Knowles and Kirsten Malmkjaer examine the work of some of our most popular children's writers from this and the last century in order to expose the persuasive power of language.
In this comprehensive survey of children's literature, both nineteenth and twentieth century authors are considered. Looking at the work of nineteenth century English writers of juvenile fiction, Knowles and Malmkjaer expose the colonial and class assumptions on which the books were predicated. In the modern 'teen' novel and the work of Roald Dahl the authors find contemporary attempts to control children within socially established frameworks. Other authors discussed include, Oscar Wilde, E. Nesbit, Lewis Carroll and C.S. Lewis.
An invaluable book for anyone concerned with children and what they read, whether parent, teacher or student of language and literature.

Introducing Metaphor provides an excellent introduction to the theory and applications of metaphor in text analysis. Beginning with an overview of the basic concepts of literal and non-literal language, the book then progresses to areas such as multiword metaphor and psycholinguistic processing. The authors then proceed to demonstrate how metaphor is used in various kinds of writing, including literature, journalism from the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia, showing that metaphor can be used to mediate political opinion. Moon and Murray also examine metaphor in relation to lifestyle, health and food and relate these examples back to the theory of metaphor and ideology. A much needed introductory text, Introducing Metaphor will provide students with a clear overview of the key areas in this widely studied subject and includes a conclusion looking at researching metaphor, a glossary, and annotated further reading.

"Introducing Metaphor" is an accessible introduction to the different ways in which metaphor permeates all areas of language, and other methods of communication, covering both theoretical and practical approaches to the analysis of texts.
Combining a variety of approaches to this widely studied subject, the book provides a thorough grounding in metaphor and word meaning, theories on the processing and understanding of metaphorical language, and metaphor in other languages and translation.
Moon and Knowles draw on a wide selection of examples to explore metaphor in relation to text, discourse and society. Linguistic metaphor and literary metaphor are examined in a range of contexts such as politics, sport and advertising, while literary metaphor is demonstrated through authentic extracts from fiction and poetry. A final section covering non-verbal metaphor looks at metaphor in art, cinema and music, further demonstrating metaphor theory in practice.
Featuring suggestions for further reading on topics in each chapter, and an appendix for small-scale research investigations on metaphor, Introducing Metaphor will be invaluable to undergraduate students of English Language, Linguistics and Literature.