Nicholas Tucker is an English academic and writer who is an honorary Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Sussex.
Nicholas Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | English |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Educational psychology, cultural studies, children's literature |
| Institutions | Sussex University |
He was educated at Burgess Hill School in Hampstead, London, where his English teacher was briefly Bernice Rubens.[1] A former teacher and then an educational psychologist, he has had a long association with the Sussex University, having lectured in educational psychology and cultural studies and children's literature at the institution. He was a Senior Lecturer in several of these disciplines.
Tucker is a regular broadcaster and participated in Stop the Week on Radio 4.[2] He contributes to The Guardian,[3] The Independent, the New Statesman, and The Times supplements.[4] He lives in Lewes, East Sussex and has three adult children.
Selected works
edit- What is a Child? (Fontana, 1977)
- The Child and the Book: Psychological and Literary Exploration (Cambridge U. Press, 1981; 1990)
- Family Fictions; Contemporary Classics of Children's Literature, with Nikki Gamble (Continuum, 2001)
- The Rough Guide to Children's Books, 0-5 years (Rough Guides, 2002)
- The Rough Guide to Children's Books, 5-11 years (2002)
- Rough Guide to Books for Teenagers, with Julia Eccleshare (2003)
- Darkness Visible: Inside the World of Philip Pullman (Wizard Books, 2003)
As editor:
- Suitable for Children?: Controversies in Children's Literature (Chatto and Windus, 1976)
- Children's Book Publishing in Britain Since 1945, co-editor Kimberley Reynolds (Scolar Press, 1998)
References
edit- ^ Nicholas Tucker "Obituary: Bernice Rubens". The Independent. 28 October 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
- ^ (Author page, Nicholas Tucker) Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine. Rough Guides. Retrieved 22 July 2007. [dead link]
- ^ "Nicholas Tucker" (profile and index). The Guardian. Retrieved 7 October 2019.
- ^ Eve Bearne; Victor Watson (4 January 2002). Where Texts and Children Meet. Routledge. p. 11. ISBN 978-1-134-62443-0.
External links
edit- Nicholas Tucker at Library of Congress, with 14 library catalogue records
- Nicholas Tucker at The Guardian
