Heroism in the Harry Potter Series

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Taking up the various conceptions of heroism that are conjured in the Harry Potter series, this collection examines the ways fictional heroism in the ... Lees meer

Reinventing Childhood Nostalgia

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• While Romantic-era concepts of childhood nostalgia have been understood as the desire to retrieve the ephemeral mindset of the child, this collection ... Lees meer

The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation

David Whitley

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• In the second edition of The Idea of Nature in Disney Animation, Whitley updates his 2008 book to reflect recent developments in Disney and Disney-Pix... Lees meer

Contemporary Adolescent Literature and Culture

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Offering a wide range of critical perspectives, this volume explores the moral, ideological and literary landscapes in fiction and other cultural prod... Lees meer

The Making of Modern Children's Literature in Britain

Lucy Pearson

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Lucy Pearson's lively and engaging book examines British children's literature during the period widely regarded as a 'second golden age'. Drawing ext... Lees meer

The Nineteenth-Century Child and Consumer Culture

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• During the rise of consumer culture in the nineteenth century, children and childhood were called on to fulfill a range of important roles. In additio... Lees meer

The Child Savage, 1890-2010

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Taking up the understudied relationship between the cultural history of childhood and media studies, this volume traces twentieth-century migrations o... Lees meer

Nineteenth-Century Fictions of Childhood and the Politics of Play

Michelle Beissel Heath

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Drawing evidence from transatlantic literary texts of childhood as well as from nineteenth and early twentieth century children's and family card, boa... Lees meer

British Hymn Books for Children, 1800-1900

Alisa Clapp-Itnyre

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Examining nineteenth-century British hymns for children, Alisa Clapp-Itnyre argues that the unique qualities of children's hymnody created a space for... Lees meer

The Child Savage, 1890-2010

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Taking up the understudied relationship between the cultural history of childhood and media studies, this volume traces twentieth-century migrations o... Lees meer

Representing Children in Chinese and U.S. Children's Literature

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Bringing together children's literature scholars from China and the United States, this collection provides an introduction to the scope and goals of ... Lees meer

Ethics and Children's Literature

Claudia Mills

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Exploring the ethical questions posed by, in, and about children's literature, this collection examines the way texts intended for children raise ques... Lees meer

Genre, Reception, and Adaptation in the 'Twilight' Series

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Much of the criticism on Stephenie Meyer's immensely popular 'Twilight' novels has underrated or even disparaged the books while belittling the questi... Lees meer

Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Responding to the increasingly powerful presence of dystopian literature for young adults, this volume focuses on novels featuring a female protagonis... Lees meer

Nordic Childhoods 1700–1960

• Hardcover | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• This volume strengthens interest and research in the fields of both Childhood Studies and Nordic Studies by exploring conceptions of children and chil... Lees meer

The Writings of Hesba Stretton

Elaine Lomax

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Highly respected as a writer by critics and commentators, Hesba Stretton (1832-1911) was a vigorous campaigner for the rights of oppressed minorities ... Lees meer

Empty Nurseries, Queer Occupants

Olivia Noble Gunn

• Hardcover | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Who is the proper occupant of the nursery? The obvious answer is the child, and not an archive, a seductive troll-princess, or poor fosterlings. Never... Lees meer

Female Rebellion in Young Adult Dystopian Fiction

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Responding to the increasingly powerful presence of dystopian literature for young adults, this volume focuses on novels featuring a female protagonis... Lees meer

Conceptualizing Cruelty to Children in Nineteenth-Century England

Monica Flegel

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Considering a wide range of texts by authors such as Locke, Rousseau, Caroline Norton, Henry Mayhew, Frances Trollope, and Charles Dickens, Monica Fle... Lees meer

History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature

Jackie C Horne

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• How did the 'flat' characters of eighteenth-century children's literature become 'round' by the mid-nineteenth? While previous critics have pointed to... Lees meer

The Making of Modern Children's Literature in Britain

Lucy Pearson

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Pearson examines British children's literature during the period widely regarded as a 'second golden age', giving particular attention to children's b... Lees meer

The Aesthetics of Children's Poetry

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• This collection gives sustained attention to the literary dimensions of children's poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. While reassertin... Lees meer

The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Law and Literature

Cheryl L Nixon

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Examining novels by authors such as Haywood, Smollett, and Inchbald, and uncovering new manuscript and print case records, Cheryl Nixon compares tales... Lees meer

Young People and the Shaping of Public Space in Melbourne, 1870 1914

Simon Sleight

• Paperback | Engels | Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
• Baby booms have a long history. In 1870, colonial Melbourne was 'perspiring juvenile humanity' with an astonishing 42 per cent of the city's inhabitan... Lees meer