


Psychoanalytical criticism HAMIDA BOSMAJIANġ1 Picture books and illustration PERRY NODELMANġ2 Narrative theory and children’s literature MARIA NIKOLAJEVAġ3 Intertextuality and the child reader CHRISTINE WILKIE-STIBBSġ4 Comparative children’s literature EMER O’SULLIVANġ6 Ancient and medieval children’s texts GILLIAN ADAMSġ7 Texts in English used by children, 1550–1800 MARGARET EVANSġ9 Fairy tales and folk tales RUTH B. Theorising and theories: the conditions of possibility of children’s literature DAVID RUDDĬriticism and the critical mainstream DEBORAH COGAN THACKERĬritical tradition and ideological positioning CHARLES SARLAND Internationalism, the universal child and the world of children’s literature EMER O’SULLIVAN Introduction: definitions, themes, changes, attitudes MARGARET MEEK Children – Books and reading – Encylopedias. Children’s literature – History and criticism. cm Includes bibliographical references and index.

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data International companion encyclopedia of children’s literature/ edited by Peter Hunt. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. © 2004 Routledge Ltd All rights reserved. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2004. International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literatureįirst published 2004 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
