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Since its emergence in the seventeenth century as a distinctive cultural system, children's literature has had a culturally inferior status resulting from its e

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This collection gives sustained attention to the literary dimensions of children’s poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. While reasserting the im

“The study of children’s literature is not just about children and the books said to be for them; it is also about the societies and cultures from which the

Children's literature provides a medium through which writers re-create or approximate the sensibility of a child. But what exactly is this sensibility, and how