Places of childhood fancy : essays on space and speculation in children's book series / edited by Michael G. Cornelius and Marybeth Ragsdale-Richards.

"Many of us grew up exploring fascinating worlds--in books, films and, most importantly, our imaginations--places filled with mythological characters and magical landscapes where we had stunning experiences punctuated by the harmless pleasures that any child's mind can conjure. These worlds end up i...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Cornelius, Michael G. (Editor) Ragsdale-Richards, Marybeth, 1984- (Editor)
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
Subjects:	Children's stories, American > History and criticism. Children's stories, English > History and criticism. Imaginary places in literature. Space in literature. Speculative fiction > History and criticism. Children's literature in series > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature. Children's literature in series. Children's stories, American. Children's stories, English. Speculative fiction. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Essays. Literary criticism.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc. Essays. Literary criticism.
Physical Description:	viii, 231 pages ; 23 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction. Sites of Speculation: Contestation, Imagination, and the Places of Childhood Fancy / Michael G. Cornelius
Alice Retaught: A Child's Experience of Rule-Making and Rule-Following in Social Space / Dakota Root
On the Road to Oz: Crossing Fantasy Spaces in L. Frank Baum's Oz Series / Steven A. Nardi
Topoi and Character in the Redwall Series / John R. Gilhooly
Mind the Verbal Cartographic Gap: Uncovering Power in the Fantasy Multiverse of Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci Series / Julia Jin Wang
The Map Is Not the Territory: Mapping Growth and Change in Catherynne M. Valente's Fairyland Series / Ellis Khachidze
Sowing the Seeds of Fear: Architecting Fearscapes in R.L. Stine's Fear Street Saga / Marybeth Ragsdale-Richards
(Un)Making Hell: Mirror Journeys in The Mortal Instruments and Dante's Inferno / Raphaela Behounek
Myth, Place, and Time in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children / Sean Ferrier-Watson
Space as a Journey to Survival in Ann Aguirre's Enclave / Jessica Newman-Doubell
Terror Castles and Red Gate Farms: 'Haunted' Childhoods and the Commodification of Space / Michael G. Cornelius
Understanding Multi-World Metafiction Through Place-Attachment: Base World, New World, and (In)Complete World in the Inkheart Trilogy / Wenduo Zhang
Conclusion. The Limits of Fancy / Michael G. Cornelius and Marybeth Ragsdale-Richards.