Under the Bed, Creeping
Subtitle: Psychoanalyzing the Gothic in Children's Literature
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780786478439
Subjects: Children's stories; Psychoanalysis and literature; Gothic revival (literature)
Description: "This book explores how Gothicism is crucial in helping children progress through different stages of growth and development. Michael Howarth examines Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Neil Gaiman's Coraline, three versions of Little Red Riding Hood, and J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy--incorporating psychologist Erik Erikson's landmark theories on psychosocial stages of development"--