Nikolajeva (comparative literature, Stockholm U., Sweden and Abo Akademi U., Finland) realized from the poor responses of her students--future teachers--that th

Now available in paperback! Until now, there was no theoretical research of character in children's fiction and very few comprehensive theoretical studies of li

This work provides students of children's literature with a comprehensible and easy-to-use analytical tool kit, showing through concrete demonstration how each

Part of the American Literatures Initiative Series From the patricians of the early republic to post-Reconstruction racial scientists, from fin de siècle progr

In this radically new approach to text typology, Maria Nikolajeva examines the depiction of time in literature for children.