Victorian and Contemporary Children's Literature

About the Book: Stories that we read as children have always been very fascinating to us. Children's Literature is one of the oldest modes in which the young encounter stories and therefore it undoubtedly plays a key role in shaping their personality and understanding of the world. Children's Literature is fast emerging as one of the important areas of study for the students of Literature, Education, Psychology, History and Cultural Studies. Today novels, short stories, plays, folk and fairy tales, fantasy, myths and legends, ballads, picture books and nursery rhymes as well as e-books, fan fiction, tele serials and computer games that have been created for children and adolescents or that which portray children or adolescents as main characters, have come under the umbrella of Children's Literature. The present book briefly traces the history of Children's Literature in English, discusses various Children's Literature theories and sheds light on the rich mosaic of the Victorian Children's Literature and the proliferation and diversity of the Contemporary Children's Writings. The author attempts to connect the past and the present through an insightful critical assessment.