Children's & Teenage Literature Studies: General

The purpose of this volume is to present the scientific background of the Children’s Literature and Translation research group, which was establish...

As Canada came to terms with its role as an independent nation following Confederation in 1867, there was a call for a literary voice to express th...

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history, aesthetics and key themes of Gothic, the main issues and debates surrounding the ge...

Constructing Adolescence in Fantastic Realism examines those fundamental themes which inform our understanding of "the teenager"—themes that emerge...

Since its inception in the 1970s, the Philosophy for Children movement (P4C) has affirmed children’s literature as important philosophical work. Th...

Focusing on questions of space and locale in children’s literature, this collection explores how metaphorical and physical space can create landsca...

This collection gives sustained attention to the literary dimensions of children’s poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. While reasser...

Now in its fourth edition, this popular textbook introduces prospective and practicing English teachers to current methods of teaching literature i...

Now in its fourth edition, this popular textbook introduces prospective and practicing English teachers to current methods of teaching literature i...

Recognizing the determination of a canon as an ongoing process of discussion and debate, which helps us to better understand the concept of meaning...

This collection offers a thorough treatment of the ways in which the verbal and visual semiotic modes interrelate toward promoting gender equality ...

Following scholarship on gender in science fiction, this book explores the limits of considering age as a social construction, positing that an ack...

Building on several years of research that included an examination of children's literature texts in 140 languages, Sandra Beckett introduces the r...

In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building childr...

Postmodern Fairy Tales seeks to understand the fairy tale not as children's literature but within the broader context of folklore and literary stud...

This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US, traditional and c...

Biography of Richmal Crompton

Children's Reading Choices discusses the reading habits of children aged between 10 and 14. The book reports the findings of the Children's Reading...

Drawing evidence from transatlantic literary texts of childhood as well as from nineteenth and early twentieth century children’s and family card, ...

This book builds upon and contributes to the growing academic interest in feminism within the field of children's literature studies. Christie Wilk...

This book is the first full-length critical study to explore the rapidly growing cadre of amateur-authored, independently-published, and niche-mark...

The tale of 'Cinderella' is told wherever stories are still read aloud and everyone is familiar with 'Rapunzel' and 'The Golden Goose', but who has...

In his successful Creative Storytelling, Jack Zipes showed how storytelling is a rich and powerful tool for self-expression and for building childr...