The Gothic in Children's Literature: Haunting the Borders

by Anna Jackson, Roderick McGillis, Karen Coats

Book Overview

From creepy picture books to Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, the Spiderwick Chronicles, and countless vampire series for young adult readers, fear has become a dominant mode of entertainment for young readers. The last two decades have seen an enormous growth in the critical study of two very different genres, the Gothic and children's literature.

The Gothic, concerned with the perverse and the forbidden, with adult sexuality and religious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415875749
• ISBN13: 9780415875745
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"