Fiona McCulloch is Head of English at the University of Bradford, UK.

Children's Literature in Context is a meeting ground where literary history meets literary criticism in a broad intertextual reach. Here is a journey for the reader who travels from definitions of the genre to socio-political contexts, to close readings of classic and contemporary texts, to a critical framework of interpretations and perspectives, to expansive cultural adaptations. At each juncture McCulloch interweaves theory with striking ease, linking children's literature to a larger world of literature and philosophy. Her readings of texts are fresh, provocative, coherent. Designed to serve as a textbook, McCulloch's work is also a handbook to the field, offering a range of resources for students and scholars, a spacious landscape.

• Series Preface \ Part I: Contexts \ 1. Social and Cultural Contexts \ 2. Literary Contexts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Part II: Texts \ 3. Readings of Key Texts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Part III: Wider Contexts \ 4. Afterlives and Adaptations \ 5. Critical Contexts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Bibliography \ Index.

Fiona McCulloch is Head of English at the University of Bradford, UK.

Children's Literature in Context is a meeting ground where literary history meets literary criticism in a broad intertextual reach. Here is a journey for the reader who travels from definitions of the genre to socio-political contexts, to close readings of classic and contemporary texts, to a critical framework of interpretations and perspectives, to expansive cultural adaptations. At each juncture McCulloch interweaves theory with striking ease, linking children's literature to a larger world of literature and philosophy. Her readings of texts are fresh, provocative, coherent. Designed to serve as a textbook, McCulloch's work is also a handbook to the field, offering a range of resources for students and scholars, a spacious landscape.

• Series Preface \ Part I: Contexts \ 1. Social and Cultural Contexts \ 2. Literary Contexts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Part II: Texts \ 3. Readings of Key Texts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Part III: Wider Contexts \ 4. Afterlives and Adaptations \ 5. Critical Contexts \ Review, Reading and Research \ Bibliography \ Index.