Mystery In Children's Literature
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Overview
Mystery in Children's Literature charts a development from religious mystery through rationally solved detective fictions to insoluble supernatural and horror mysteries. Written by internationally recognized scholars in the field, these 13 original essays offer challenging and innovative readings of both classic and popular mysteries for children. This volume will be essential and stimulating for anyone with an interest in children's literature or in mystery fiction.
Synopsis
Mystery in Children's Literature charts a development from religious mystery through rationally solved detective fictions to insoluble supernatural and horror mysteries. Written by internationally recognized scholars in the field, these 13 original essays offer challenging and innovative readings of both classic and popular mysteries for children. This volume will be essential and stimulating for anyone with an interest in children's literature or in mystery fiction.
Booknews
Contributors from the US, Australian, and Britain roam over the variety of mystery in children's literature and demonstrate the range of critical and theoretical responses it can provoke. They use their own definitions of mystery, but the volume's overall notion includes all secret or unexplained experiences, things, or occurrences. The 14 essays are arranged to suggest a roughly chronological shift from certainty to hesitation beginning in the 1950s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)