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Title: MYSTERY IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE
FROM THE RATIONAL TO THE SUPERNATURAL
By: Dr. Adrienne Gavin, Christopher Routledge
Format: Hardback

List price: £116.00


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ISBN 10: 0333918819
ISBN 13: 9780333918814
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 20 February, 2001
Pages: 228
Description: A critical assessement of mystery in children's literature, this collection charts a development from religious mystery through rationally solved detective fictions to insoluble supernatural and horror mysteries.
Synopsis: The first book to assess critically mystery in children's literature, this collection charts a development from religious mystery through rationally solved detective fictions to insoluble supernatural and horror mysteries. Written by internationally recognised scholars in the field, these thirteen original essays offer challenging and innovative readings of both classic and popular mysteries for children. This volume will be essential and stimulating reading for anyone with an interest in children's literature or in mystery fiction.
Illustrations: XIII, 228 p.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Returnable
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