The gothic in children's literature
Subtitle: haunting the borders
By: edited by Anna Jackson, Karen Coats, and Roderick McGillis.
Contributors: Jackson, Anna, 1967-; Coats, Karen, 1963-; McGillis, Roderick.
Series: Children's literature and culture -- 43
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415960366
Subjects: Children's stories, English -- History and criticism; Children's stories, Commonwealth (English) -- History and criticism; Horror tales, English -- History and criticism; Horror in literature; Gothic revival (Literature) -- Great Britain; Gothic revival (Literature) -- English-speaking countries
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The haunted nursery: 1764-1830 / Dale Townshend; title: Cyberspace and the gothic novel / Nadia Crandall; title: Frightening and funny : humor in children's gothic fiction / Julie Cross; title: Between horror, humor, and hope : Neil Gaiman and the psychic work of the gothic / Karen Coats; title: On the gothic beach : a New Zealand reading of house and landscape in Margaret Mahy's The tricksters / Rose Lovell-Smith; title: High winds and broken bridges : the gothic and the west Indies in twentieth century British fiction for children / Karen Sands-O'Connor; title: The scary tale looks for a family : Gary Crew's gothic hospital and Sonya Hartnett's The devil latch / Anna Smith; title: Haunting the borders of sword and sorcery : Garth Nix's The seventh tower / Alice Mills; title: Uncanny ghosts, canny children / Anna Jackson; title: Hermione in the bathroom : menarche, the grotesque, and female development in Harry Potter and The philosopher's stone / June Cummins; title: Fantastic books : the gothic architecture of children's books / Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario; title: The night side of nature : gothic spaces, fearful times / Roderick McGillis.