1st Edition
International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
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