Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish
writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the
work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major
genres, forms, and issues, including the gothic, the speculative,
picturebooks, ethnicity, and globalization. It contextualizes
modern Irish children's literature in relation to Irish mythology
and earlier writings, as well as in relation to Irish writing for
adults, thereby demonstrating the complexity of this fascinating
area. What constitutes a "national literature" is rarely
straightforward, and it is especially complex when discussing
writing for young people in an Irish context. Until recently, there
was only a slight body of work that could be classified as "Irish
children's literature" in comparison with Ireland's contribution to
adult literature in the twentieth century. The contributors to the
volume examine a range of texts in relation to contemporary
literary and cultural theory, and children's literature
internationally, raising provocative questions about the future of
the topic. Irish Children's Literature and Culture is essential
reading for those interested in Irish literature, culture,
sociology, childhood, and children's literature. Valerie Coghlan,
Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin, is a librarian and
lecturer. She is a former co-editor of Bookbird: An International
Journal of Children's Literature. She has published widely on Irish
children's literature and co-edited several books on the topic. She
is a former board member of the IRSCL, and a founder member of the
Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature, Children's
Books Ireland, and IBBY Ireland. Keith O'Sullivan lectures in
English at the Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin. He
is a founder member of the Irish Society for the Study of
Children's Literature, a former member of the board of directors of
Children's Books Ireland, and past chair of the Children's Books
Ireland/Bisto Book of the Year Awards. He has published on the
works of Philip Pullman and Emily Bronte.
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