Introduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children''s Literature in an updated edition
Over the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children-s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywords for Children-s Literature presents original essays on essential terms and concepts in the field. Covering ideas from -Aesthetics- to -Voice,- an impressive multidisciplinary cast of scholars explores and expands on the vocabulary central to the study of children-s literature.
The second edition of this Keywords volume goes beyond disciplinary and national boundaries. Across fifty-nine print essays and nineteen online essays, it includes contributors from twelve countries and an international advisory board from over a dozen more. The fully revised and updated selection of critical writing-more than half of the essays are new to this edition-reflects an intent