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Tag: childrens literature

Atlantic Literature

The Appeal of the Fantastic and the Improbable in Late Eighteenth Century Children’s Literature: Part Three

posted by Teri Williams January 7, 20219 min read49 Views

By Maryam Khorasani and Hossein Nazari Read part 2 of the blog series. Maria Edgeworth’s Lucky Orphans As the century…

Atlantic Literature

The Appeal of the Fantastic and the Improbable in Late Eighteenth Century Children’s Literature: Part Two

posted by Teri Williams January 6, 20215 min read58 Views

By Maryam Khorasani and Hossein Nazari Read part 1 of this blog series. Much Ado about Witchcraft in The History…

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds
Language and Literature

Cute Ecologies: Beatrix Potter, Mushrooms and Miniature Worlds

posted by Teri Williams December 12, 20196 min read888 Views

Once known primarily as the author of ‘twee’ children’s books about fastidious mice and naughty rabbits, Beatrix Potter has gained…

Hans Christian Andersen in 1860
Language and Literature

Intergenerational Desire in/and Children’s Literature

posted by Teri Williams March 19, 201811 min read1840 Views

It is with some trepidation, but also with a great sense of urgency, that we present a modest collection of…

History

Children’s Gothic Fiction – Top 10 Must Reads

posted by Carla Hepburn October 31, 20176 min read6741 Views

By Dr Chloé Germaine Buckley While researching my forthcoming book, Twenty-First-Century Children’s Gothic, I have read a lot of scary stories…

Cultural Studies

100 Years Since the Russian Revolution

posted by Rebecca Wojturska October 6, 20174 min read2153 Views

Looking Back at the Russian Revolution 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, which occurred in March and…

Language and Literature

Rudyard Kipling’s ‘Kim’ and Charisma in the British Empire

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals August 13, 20153 min read2626 Views

Although he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, Rudyard Kipling’s ‘publicly pronounced racist and imperialist attitudes have’, as…

Language and Literature

Celebrating eight years of International Research in Children’s Literature

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals August 9, 20155 min read1825 Views

By John Stephens, General Editor In its first eight years of publication, International Research in Children’s Literature (IRCL) has established…

Language and Literature

War and Christmas

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 13, 201544 sec read2234 Views

Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! [Merry Christmas!] is a picturebook written by two Latvian refugees while displaced during the Second World War. The…

Language and Literature

From the Archives – Translation of Children’s Literature in the Soviet Union: How Pinocchio Got a Golden Key

posted by Ruth at EUP Journals March 9, 20152 min read2337 Views

As well as providing entertainment and a tool for developing children’s reading skills, children’s literature is also a powerful instrument…

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