New Directions in the Humanities Conference Proceedings
The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
The Doubting Picture Books of John Burningham
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- Title: The Doubting Picture Books of John Burningham
- Author(s): Catherine McLaughlin
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: New Directions in the Humanities
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review
- Keywords: Irony, Redescription, Empowerment of children, Environment
- Volume: 1
- Issue: 1
- Date: October 18, 2005
- ISSN: 1447-9508 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9559 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v01/58137
- Citation: McLaughlin, Catherine. 2005. "The Doubting Picture Books of John Burningham." The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review 1 (1): 0-0. doi:10.18848/1447-9508/CGP/v01/58137.
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Abstract
My paper explores the workings of irony and redescription, as formulated by Richard Rorty, in two of John Burningham’s children’s picture books, Hey! Get Off Our Train and Whaddayamean.
