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The gothic in children's literature : haunting the borders / edited by Anna Jackson, Karen Coats, and Roderick McGillis.

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Van Pelt Library PR830.C513 G67 2008
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Jackson, Anna, 1967-
Coats, Karen, 1963-
McGillis, Roderick.
Series:
Children's literature and culture
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
Children's stories, English.
Children's stories, Commonwealth (English)--History and criticism.
Children's stories, Commonwealth (English).
Horror tales, English--History and criticism.
Horror tales, English.
Horror in literature.
Gothic revival (Literature)--Great Britain.
Gothic revival (Literature).
Great Britain.
Gothic revival (Literature)--English-speaking countries.
English-speaking countries.
Physical Description:
vii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Routledge, [2008]
Contents:
The haunted nursery: 1764-1830 / Dale Townshend
Cyberfiction and the gothic novel / Nadia Crandall
Frightening and funny : humor in children's gothic fiction / Julie Cross
Between horror, humor, and hope : Neil Gaiman and the psychic work of the gothic / Karen Coats
On the gothic beach : a New Zealand reading of house and landscape in Margaret Mahy's The tricksters / Rose Lovell-Smith
High winds and broken bridges : the gothic and the West Indies in twentieth-century British children's literature / Karen Sands-O'Connor
The scary tale looks for a family : Gary Crew's Gothic hospital and Sonya Hartnett's The devil latch / Anna Smith
Haunting the borders of sword and sorcery : Garth Nix's The seventh tower / Alice Mills
Uncanny hauntings, canny children / Anna Jackson
Hermione in the bathroom : the gothic, menarche, and female development in the Harry Potter series / June Cummins
Making nightmares into new fairytales : goth comics as children's literature / Laurie N. Taylor
Fantastic books : the gothic architecture of children's books / Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario
The night side of nature : gothic spaces, fearful times / Roderick McGillis.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780415960366
0415960363
OCLC:
77476485

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