This volume looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with all the major forms and genres. Topics include the gothic, the speculative, poetry, picturebooks, post-colonial discourse, identity and ethnicity, and globalization.
This volume looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and enga...
Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major genres, forms, and issues, including the gothic, the speculative, picturebooks, ethnicity, and globalization. It contextualizes modern Irish children's literature in relation to Irish mythology and earlier writings, as well as in relation to Irish writing for adults, thereby demonstrating the complexity of this fascinating area. What constitutes a "national literature" is rarely straightforward, and...
Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many write...
