Keywords for Children's Literature, Second Edition (Keywords #9)

By: Michael Joseph and Beverly Lyon Clark and Michelle Martin and Peter Hunt and Karen Sánchez-Eppler and Colleen Glenney Boggs and Elizabeth Marshall and Clémentine Beauvais and Lynne Vallone and Philip Nel and Lissa Paul and Robin Bernstein and Evelyn Arizpe and Katharine Capshaw and Vanessa Joosen and Patricia Crain and Kerry Mallan and Kenneth Kidd and Kimberley Reynolds and Mavis Reimer and Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Clare Bradford and JonArno Lawson and Nicole Markotić and Ute Dettmar and Karen Coats and Louise Joy and Naomi Hamer and Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh and Joseph T. Thomas Jr. and Hugh Crago and Debra Dudek and Claudia Nelson and Derritt Mason and Zoe Jaques and Charles Hatfield and Anna Stemmann and Sandra L. Beckett and Kelly Hager and Mike Cadden and Boel Westin and Lydia Kokkola and Marah Gubar and Victoria Ford Smith and Nina Christensen and Sarah Park Dahlen and Eric L. Tribunella and Richard Flynn and B. j. McDaniel and Ebony Elizabeth Marshall and Elisabeth Lies Wesseling and Deirdre Baker and Karin E. Westman and Peter Hollindale and Michael Heyman and Kevin Shortsleeve and William Moebius and Stine Liv Johansen and Cathryn M. Mercier and Åse Marie Ommundsen and Emer O’Sullivan

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Synopsis: Introduces key terms, global concepts, debates, and histories for Children's Literature in an updated editionOver the past decade, there has been a proliferation of exciting new work across many areas of children’s literature and culture. Mapping this vibrant scholarship, the Second Edition of Keywords for Children’s Literature presents original essays on essential terms and concepts in the field. Covering ideas from “Aesthetics” to “Voice,” an impressive multidisciplinary cast of scholars explores and expands on the vocabulary central to the study of children’s literature.The second edition of this Keywords volume goes beyond disciplinary and national boundaries. Across fifty-nine print essays and nineteen online essays, it includes contributors from twelve countries and an international advisory board from over a dozen more. The fully revised and updated selection of critical writing—more than half of the essays are new to this edition—reflects an intentionally multinational perspective, taking into account non-English traditions and what childhood looks like in an age of globalization. All authors trace their keyword’s uses and meanings: from translation to poetry, taboo to diversity, and trauma to nostalgia, the book’s scope, clarity, and interdisciplinary play between concepts make this new edition of Keywords for Children’s Literature essential reading for scholars and students alike.