Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222).
Table of Contents
ch. 1.Subversive children's literature --ch. 2.Folktale liberation --ch. 3.Fairy tale fiction: Fitzgerald to Updike --ch. 4.Braking for elves: fashionable folklore for adults --ch. 5.Child who followed the piper: Kate Greenaway --ch. 6.Tales of terror: Mrs. Clifford --ch. 7.Ford Madox Ford's fairy tales --ch. 8.Animal liberation: Beatrix Potter --ch. 9.Modern magic: E. Nesbit --ch. 10.Boy who couldn't grow up: James Barrie --ch. 11.Happy endings: Frances Hodgson Burnett --ch. 12.Back to Pooh Corner: A.A. Milne --ch. 13.Heroes for our time: J.R.R. Tolkien and T.H. White --ch. 14.Power of Smokey: Richard Adams --ch. 15.Games of dark: William Mayne --ch. 16.Folklore of childhood.