1st Edition

International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

By Peter Hunt Copyright 2004
    1416 Pages
    by Routledge

    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. The second edition of Peter Hunt's bestselling International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature offers comprehensive coverage of the subject across the world, with substantial, accessible, articles by specialists and world-ranking experts. Almost everything is here, from advanced theory to the latest practice – from bibliographical research to working with books and children with special needs.

    This edition has been expanded and includes over fifty new articles. All of the other articles have been updated, substantially revised or rewritten, or have revised bibliographies. 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, and now includes separate articles on countries such as the Baltic states, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Iran, Korea, Mexico and Central America, Slovenia, and Taiwan.

    Preface

    Contributors

    1 Introduction: Definitions, Themes, Changes, Attitudes

    Margaret Meek

    2 Internationalism, the Universal Child and the World of Children's Literature

    Emer O'Sullivan

    I THEORY AND CRITICAL APPROACHES

    3 Theorising and Theories: The Conditions of Possibility of Children's Literature

    David Rudd

    4 Criticism and the Critical Mainstream

    Deborah Cogan Thacker

    5 Critical Tradition and Ideological Positioning

    Charles Sarland

    6 History and Culture

    Tony Watkins

    7 Linguistics and Stylistics

    John Stephens

    8 Reader-Response Criticism

    Michael Benton

    9 Psychoanalytical Criticism

    Hamida Bosmajian

    10 Feminism Revisited

    Lissa Paul

    11 Picture Books and Illustration

    Perry Nodelman

    12 Narrative Theory and Children's Literature

    Maria Nikolajeva

    13 Intertextuality and the Child Reader

    Christine Wilkie-Stibbs

    14 Comparative Children's Literature

    Emer O'Sullivan

    15 Bibliography

    Matthew Grenby

    II FORMS AND GENRES

    16 Ancient and Medieval Children's Texts

    Gillian Adams

    17 Texts In English Used by Children, 1550-1800

    Margaret Evans

    18 Myth and Legend

    Maurice Saxby

    19 Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

    Ruth B. Bottigheimer

    20 Playground Rhymes and the Oral Tradition

    Iona Opie

    21 Children's Rhymes and Folklore: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches

    Andy Arleo

    22 Catechistical, Devotional and Biblical Writing

    Ruth B. Bottigheimer

    23 Contemporary Religious Writing

    Rita Ghesquière

    24 The Development of Illustrated Texts and Picture Books

    Joyce Irene Whalley

    25 The Picture-Book: Modern and Postmodern

    Michèle Anstey and Geoff Bull

    26 Shaping Boyhood: British Empire Builders and Adventurers

    Dennis Butts

    27 Childhood, Didacticism and the Gendering of British Children's Literature

    Christine Wilkie-Stibbs

    28 Popular Literature: Comics, Dime Novels, Pulps and Penny Dreadfuls

    Denis Gifford

    29 Contemporary Comics

    Katia Pizzi

    30 Poetry

    Morag Styles

    31 Animal Stories

    Simon Flynn

    32 High Fantasy

    C. W. Sullivan III

    33 Domestic Fantasy: Real Gardens with Imaginary Toads

    Louisa Smith

    34 The Family Story

    Gillian Avery

    35 School Stories

    Sheila Ray

    36 Pony Books

    Alison Haymonds

    37 Historical Fiction

    Janet Fisher

    38 War

    Carol Fox and Peter Hunt

    39 Horror

    Victoria de Rijke

    40 Science Fiction

    Jessica Yates

    41 Series Fiction

    Victor Watson

    42 Teenage Fiction: Realism, Romances, Contemporary Problem Novels

    Julia Eccleshare

    43 Crossover Literature

    Rachel Falconer

    44 Writers for Adults, Writers for Children

    Marian Allsobrook

    45 Metafictions and Experimental Work

    Robyn McCallum

    46 Drama

    Susanne Greenhalgh

    47 Story-telling

    Mary Medlicott

    48 Children's Information Texts

    Margaret Mallett

    III CONTEXTS

    49 Children's Book Design

    Douglas Martin

    50 Children's Book Publishing

    Lisa Rowe Fraustino

    51 Reviewing and Scholarly Journals

    Gillian Adams with Sheila Ray

    52 Censorship

    Mark I. West

    53 Awards and Award-Winners

    Keith Barker with Christine Wilkie-Stibbs

    54 Television

    David Buckingham

    55 Film

    Ian Wojcik-Andrews

    56 Libraries, Research Collections and Museums

    Karen Nelson Hoyle

    57 What the Authors Tell Us

    Peter Hunt

    IV APPLICATIONS

    58 Teaching Fiction

    Nikki Gamble

    59 Reading and Literacy

    Sally Yates

    60 Selecting Books for Younger Readers

    Colin Mills and Jean Webb

    61 Teaching Children's Literature in Higher Education

    Pamela Knights

    62 Publishing for Special Needs

    Beverley Mathias

    63 Librarianship

    Thomas van der Walt

    64 Bibliotherapy and Psychology

    Hugh Crago

    65 Creative Writing for Children - a Practical Approach

    Andrew Melrose

    V NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL

    66 The World of Children's Literature: An Introduction

    Sheila Ray

    67 Culture and Developing Countries

    Anne Pellowski

    68 Children's Literature Organisations: An International Overview

    Kimberley Reynolds

    69 Postcolonialism: Originating Difference

    Roderick McGillis

    70 Translating for Children: Theory

    Riitta Oittinen

    71 Translating for Children: Practice

    Ronald Jobe

    72 Africa

    African Children's Literature: an Overview

    Philomena Osazee Fayose

    French-speaking Africa

    Marie Laurentin

    English-Speaking Africa

    Jay Heale

    73 Arabic Children's Literature

    Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra

    74 Australia

    Rosemary Ross Johnston

    75 Austria

    Karin Haller

    76 The Baltic Countries

    Kestutis Urba

    77 Belgium

    Vanessa Joosen

    78 Brazil

    Laura Sandroni

    79 Canada

    Canadian Children's Literature in English

    Mavis Reimer

    Children's Literature in Quebec and French-speaking Canada

    Suzanne Pouliot

    80 The Caribbean (English-Speaking)

    Sheila Ray

    81 China

    Laina Ho

    82 Czech Republic

    Nadezda Sieglova

    83 Eastern Europe: Bulgaria, Poland, Romania,

    Sheila Ray

    84 France

    Jean Perrot

    85 Germany

    German Children's Literature from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Century

    Hans-Heino Ewers

    The German Democratic Republic

    Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff

    86 Greece

    From the Beginnings to 1945

    Vassilis D. Anagnostopoulos

    From 1945 to the Present

    Tassoula Tsilimeni

    87 Hungary

    Katalin Nun

    88 The Indian Sub-Continent

    Manorama Jafa

    89 Iran

    Morteza Khosronejad

    90 Ireland

    Valerie Coghlan

    91 Italy

    Laura Kreyder

    92 Japan

    Teruo Jinguh

    93 Jewish-Hebrew, Hebrew, and Israeli

    Yael Darr and Zohar Shavit

    94 Korean

    Ho-Kyung Kim

    95 Mexico and Central America

    Evelyn Arizpe

    96 Mongolia

    Sheila Ray

    97 The Netherlands

    Anne de Vries

    98 New Zealand

    Betty Gilderdale

    99 The Nordic Countries

    Boel Westin

    100 Portugal

    Francesca Blockeel and José António Gomes

    101 Russia

    Ben Hellman

    102 Slovak Republic

    Zuzana Stanislavová

    103 Slovenia

    Milena Mileva Blazic

    104 South American and Spanish-Speaking Caribbean Countries

    Maria Beatriz Medina and Olga García Larralde

    105 South East Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

    Sheila Ray

    106 South East Europe

    Milena Mileva Blazic

    107 Spain

    Carmen García Surrallés, and Antonio Moreno Verdulla

    108 Switzerland

    Verena Rutschmann

    109 Taiwan

    Mieke Desmet and Ming Cherng Duh

    110 Turkey

    Fatih Erdoäÿan

    111 United Kingdom

    British Children's Literature: An Historical Overview

    John Rowe Townsend

    Scotland

    Lindsey Fraser

    Wales

    Menna Lloyd Williams

    112 The USA: An Historical Overview

    Jerry Griswold

    Biography

    Peter Hunt

    'More than a "companion," Hunt's set is a comprehensive overview of children's literature, written by scholars and covering the important topics in children's literature ... No recent reference contains so much ... Highly recommended.' Choice