Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 How fantasy became children's literature
- 2 Fairies, ghouls and goblins: the realms of Victorian and Edwardian fancy
- 3 The American search for an American childhood
- 4 British and Empire fantasy between the wars
- 5 The changing landscape of post-war fantasy
- 6 Folklore, fantasy and indigenous fantasy
- 7 Middle Earth, medievalism and mythopoeic fantasy
- 8 Harry Potter and children's fantasy since the 1990s
- 9 Romancing the teen
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
Notes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 April 2016
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 How fantasy became children's literature
- 2 Fairies, ghouls and goblins: the realms of Victorian and Edwardian fancy
- 3 The American search for an American childhood
- 4 British and Empire fantasy between the wars
- 5 The changing landscape of post-war fantasy
- 6 Folklore, fantasy and indigenous fantasy
- 7 Middle Earth, medievalism and mythopoeic fantasy
- 8 Harry Potter and children's fantasy since the 1990s
- 9 Romancing the teen
- Notes
- Further Reading
- Index
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- Children's Fantasy LiteratureAn Introduction, pp. 227 - 236Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016