"Children's books have always been filled with death," Patrick Ness writes in his review of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book. "You can't have an orphan without at least two dead people, after all." Literary childhood, from its origins, is not only associated with, but commonly defined by the experience of loss. This thesis argues that children's literature is fixated on endings; that it is marked by the insistent, and persistent, presence of mortality. Further, it argues that mortality is not just a prevalent theme, but a fundamental organising principle both thematically and structurally, working to define the genre and shape its form and substance. The mortal notes in children's literature are an inevitable effect of the peculiar conditi...
In contrast to sanitized portrayals of death today, ideas and behaviors surrounding death permeated ...
With effect sizes ranging from small to moderate, bibliotherapy has positive outcomes with respect t...
The topic of this paper arises from the very nature of literature for children, literature that is s...
"Children's books have always been filled with death," Patrick Ness writes in his review of Neil Gai...
"Children's books have always been filled with death," Patrick Ness writes in his review of Neil Gai...
Death, dying and bereavement are universal human concerns and yet never fully compre-hensible or kno...
Death is inevitable. While some think that tragic and violent events are not suitable topics for chi...
Death is an inevitable part of life and it is not spoken about enough. I believe that we need to tal...
After creating and sustaining highly Romanticized notions of childhood, society begins to protect ch...
Children’s fantasy literature as a genre has grown immensely in popularity and importance over the p...
In the history of children’s literature, in Italy as elsewhere, when we take into consideration the ...
In the history of children’s literature, in Italy as elsewhere, when we take into consideration the ...
An analysis of how Charlotte’s Web and Bridge to Terabithia successfully teach components of death t...
In the literature for children and young people have always existed taboo topics. One of them is the...
It is obvious that death is one of the main issues in the Harry Potter world and the way it is under...
In contrast to sanitized portrayals of death today, ideas and behaviors surrounding death permeated ...
With effect sizes ranging from small to moderate, bibliotherapy has positive outcomes with respect t...
The topic of this paper arises from the very nature of literature for children, literature that is s...
"Children's books have always been filled with death," Patrick Ness writes in his review of Neil Gai...
"Children's books have always been filled with death," Patrick Ness writes in his review of Neil Gai...
Death, dying and bereavement are universal human concerns and yet never fully compre-hensible or kno...
Death is inevitable. While some think that tragic and violent events are not suitable topics for chi...
Death is an inevitable part of life and it is not spoken about enough. I believe that we need to tal...
After creating and sustaining highly Romanticized notions of childhood, society begins to protect ch...
Children’s fantasy literature as a genre has grown immensely in popularity and importance over the p...
In the history of children’s literature, in Italy as elsewhere, when we take into consideration the ...
In the history of children’s literature, in Italy as elsewhere, when we take into consideration the ...
An analysis of how Charlotte’s Web and Bridge to Terabithia successfully teach components of death t...
In the literature for children and young people have always existed taboo topics. One of them is the...
It is obvious that death is one of the main issues in the Harry Potter world and the way it is under...
In contrast to sanitized portrayals of death today, ideas and behaviors surrounding death permeated ...
With effect sizes ranging from small to moderate, bibliotherapy has positive outcomes with respect t...
The topic of this paper arises from the very nature of literature for children, literature that is s...