The Child in British Literature

The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood.

KATHERINA DODOU Lecturer, Dalarna University, Sweden MARGOT HILLEL Professor and Head of the School of Arts and Sciences (Victoria), Australian Catholic University ANDREW F. HUMPHRIES Senior Lecturer in Education, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK DANIEL T. KLINE Professor of English, University of Alaska Anchorage, USA KATIE KNOWLES Liverpool University, UK EDEL LAMB Australian Research Council Fellow, University of Sydney, Australia PAUL MARCH-RUSSELL University of Kent, UK RODERICK MCGILLIS Professor of English, University of Calgary, Canada LUCY MUNRO Senior Lecturer in English, Keele University, UK ANDREW O'MALLEY Associate Professor, Department of English, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada PAT PINSENT Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Research in Children's Literature, Roehampton University, UK KAREN SANDS-O'CONNOR Associate Professor of English, Buffalo State College, USA LIZ THIEL Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature, Roehampton University, UK NAOMI WOOD Associate Professor of English, Kansas State University, USA