ABSTRACT

Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. This edition has been expanded and includes over 50 new articles. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events.

chapter 1|12 pages

Introduction

Definitions, themes, changes, attitudes

part I|195 pages

Theory and critical approaches

chapter 6|23 pages

History and culture

chapter 7|13 pages

Linguistics and stylistics

chapter 8|17 pages

Reader-response criticism

chapter 9|11 pages

Psychoanalytical criticism

chapter 10|14 pages

Feminism revisited

chapter 11|12 pages

Picture books and illustration

chapter 15|19 pages

Bibliography

part II|409 pages

Forms and genres

chapter 18|12 pages

Myth and legend

chapter 19|14 pages

Fairy tales and folk tales

chapter 21|12 pages

Children’s rhymes and folklore

Contemporary and comparative approaches

chapter 23|12 pages

Contemporary religious writing

chapter 25|12 pages

The picture book

Modern and postmodern

chapter 26|12 pages

Shaping boyhood

British Empire builders and adventurers

chapter 28|23 pages

Popular literature

Comics, dime novels, pulps and Penny Dreadfuls

chapter 29|11 pages

Contemporary comics

chapter 30|22 pages

Poetry

chapter 31|18 pages

Animal stories

chapter 32|11 pages

High fantasy

chapter 33|7 pages

Domestic fantasy

Real gardens with imaginary toads

chapter 34|13 pages

The family story

chapter 35|14 pages

School stories

chapter 36|9 pages

Pony books

chapter 37|9 pages

Historical fiction

chapter 38|7 pages

War

chapter 39|13 pages

Horror

chapter 40|13 pages

Science fiction

chapter 41|10 pages

Series fiction

chapter 42|14 pages

Teenage fiction

Realism, romances, contemporary problem novels

chapter 43|20 pages

Crossover literature

chapter 45|12 pages

Metafictions and experimental work

chapter 46|15 pages

Drama

chapter 47|8 pages

Story-telling

chapter 48|10 pages

Children’s information texts