Franziska Burstyn studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leipzig and Roehampton University (UK). Her academic interests are centered on children’s and young adult literature, Shakespearean theatre, folklore culture and food in the context of literature.

• Contents: The Myth of Cokaygne – Literary References – An Etymological Approach to ‘Cokaygne’ – The Carnivalesque – Historical Background – Significant Elements of the Land of Plenty – Children and Food – A Psychoanalytical Approach – A History of Abstinence – The Land of Cokaygne in Children’s Literature – The Domestic Cokaygne – Never-Ending Food Supply – The Land of Plenty – Cokaygne Reversed: The Child as an Object of Indulgence – A Socio-historical Approach to Cannibalism – The Fear of Child-Eaters – Wicked Witches – Gruesome Giants – The Starving Child in a World of Abundance.

Franziska Burstyn studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leipzig and Roehampton University (UK). Her academic interests are centered on children’s and young adult literature, Shakespearean theatre, folklore culture and food in the context of literature.

• Contents: The Myth of Cokaygne – Literary References – An Etymological Approach to ‘Cokaygne’ – The Carnivalesque – Historical Background – Significant Elements of the Land of Plenty – Children and Food – A Psychoanalytical Approach – A History of Abstinence – The Land of Cokaygne in Children’s Literature – The Domestic Cokaygne – Never-Ending Food Supply – The Land of Plenty – Cokaygne Reversed: The Child as an Object of Indulgence – A Socio-historical Approach to Cannibalism – The Fear of Child-Eaters – Wicked Witches – Gruesome Giants – The Starving Child in a World of Abundance.

Franziska Burstyn studied English and Theatre Studies at the University of Leipzig and Roehampton University (UK). Her academic interests are centered on children’s and young adult literature, Shakespearean theatre, folklore culture and food in the context of literature.

• Contents: The Myth of Cokaygne – Literary References – An Etymological Approach to ‘Cokaygne’ – The Carnivalesque – Historical Background – Significant Elements of the Land of Plenty – Children and Food – A Psychoanalytical Approach – A History of Abstinence – The Land of Cokaygne in Children’s Literature – The Domestic Cokaygne – Never-Ending Food Supply – The Land of Plenty – Cokaygne Reversed: The Child as an Object of Indulgence – A Socio-historical Approach to Cannibalism – The Fear of Child-Eaters – Wicked Witches – Gruesome Giants – The Starving Child in a World of Abundance.