ABSTRACT

This edited volume reviews the long career of Russell Hoban, an American writer residing in England who writes for children and adults. The Forty Years in the title refers to the length of Hoban's career to date. Hoban's contribution specifically to children's literature is commemorated in this volume of essays by international scholars,

chapter |24 pages

Toward Linearity

A Narrative Reading of The Mouse and His Child

chapter |17 pages

Spring and Fall to a Young (Mouse) Child

A Blakean Reading of The Mouse and His Child

chapter |27 pages

Mice-en-Scene

A Comparative Study of the Novel and the Animated Feature Film The Mouse and His Child

chapter |4 pages

From the Temple of Solomon to Zionist Ironies

What The Mouse and His Child is Also About

chapter |9 pages

The Ponders; or Much-in-Little

Some Recurring Aspects of the Work of Russell Hoban