Book Series in Literature
Children's Literature and Culture
New & Published Titles:
Picturing the Wolf in Children's Literature
From the villainous beast of “Little Red Riding Hood” and “The Three Little Pigs,” to the nurturing wolves of Romulus and Remus and Rudyard Kipling’s…
read moreJune 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-80117-1 (Routledge)
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The Role of Translators in Children’s Literature
Invisible Storytellers
This book offers a historical analysis of key classical translated works for children, such as writings by Hans Christian Andersen and Grimms’ tales. Translations dominate…
read moreJune 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-98952-7 (Routledge)
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New Directions in Picturebook Research
In this new collection, children’s literature scholars from twelve different countries contribute to the ongoing debate on the importance of picturebook research, focusing on aesthetic…
read moreJune 2010 | Hardback: 978-0-415-87690-2 (Routledge)
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A Critical History of French Children's Literature
Volume Two: 1830-Present
This two-volume critical history of French children’s literature from 1600 to the present helps bring awareness of the range, quality, and importance of French children’s…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87671-1 (Routledge)
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Crossover Fiction
Global and Historical Perspectives
In Crossover Fiction, Sandra L. Beckett explores the global trend of crossover literature and explains how it is transforming literary canons, concepts of readership, the…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87936-1 (Routledge)
The Crossover Novel
Contemporary Children's Fiction and Its Adult Readership
"Highly recommended" by Choice
While crossover books such as Rowling's Harry Potter series have enjoyed enormous sales and media attention, critical analysis of crossover fiction has…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87937-8 (Routledge)
Representing the Holocaust in Children's Literature
Writing about the Holocaust and writing for young readers evoke two quite separate sets of concerns which are not always mutually compatible. The first half… read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-80365-6 (Routledge)
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A Critical History of French Children's Literature
Volume One: 1600–1830
These books are the first full-length, comprehensive study written in English of French children’s literature. They provide both an overview of developments from the seventeenth…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87670-4 (Routledge)
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Enterprising Youth
Social Values and Acculturation in Nineteenth-Century American Children’s Literature
"Recommended" by Choice
Enterprising Youth examines the agenda behind the shaping of nineteenth-century children’s perceptions and world views and the transmission of civic duties and social…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87667-4 (Routledge)
The Gothic in Children's Literature
Haunting the Borders
From creepy picture books to Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and countless vampire series for young adult readers, fear has become a dominant…
read more2009 | Paperback: 978-0-415-87574-5 (Routledge)
Series Details:
The Children's Literature and Culture series revisits children's literature and provides thorough, provocative insights.
'The excellent series edited by Jack Zipes, which offers sophisticated critical studies that challenge the canon and canonized readings of literature for children.'
Choice
Forthcoming Titles:
Contemporary English-Language Indian Children’s Literature: Representations of Nation, Culture, and the New Indian Girl
By Michelle Superle
To be published March 1st 2011
Reading the Adolescent Romance: Sweet Valley High and the Popular Young Adult Romance Novel
By Amy Pattee
To be published December 31st 2010
Irish Children's Literature and Culture: New Perspectives on Contemporary Writing
Edited by Keith O'Sullivan, Valerie Coghlan
To be published December 31st 2010
Beyond Pippi Longstocking: Intermedial and International Approaches to Astrid Lindgren's Work
Edited by Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Astrid Surmatz
To be published December 15th 2010
Innocence, Heterosexuality, and the Queerness of Children's Literature
By Tison Pugh
To be published December 1st 2010
Humor in Contemporary Junior Literature
By Julie Cross
To be published November 15th 2010
The Children's Book Business
By Lissa Paul
To be published September 15th 2010