From Puritan tracts and chapbooks to fairy tales and Victorian
poems, from zombies and werewolves to ghosts and vampires, the
gothic has become an important part of children's literature. This
book explores how Gothicism is crucial in helping children progress
through different stages of growth and development. Michael Howarth
examines five famous texts - namely Christina Rossetti's Goblin
Market, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Neil Gaiman's Coraline, three
versions of Little Red Riding Hood, and J.M. Barrie's play and then
novel Peter and Wendy - incorporating renowned psychologist Erik
Erikson's landmark theories on psychosocial stages of development.
By linking a particular stage to each of the aforementioned texts,
it becomes clearer how anxiety and terror are just as important as
happiness and wonder in fostering maturity, achieving a sense of
independence and fulfilling one's self-identity. Gothic elements
give shape to children's fears, which is precisely how children are
able to defeat them, and through their interactions with the ghosts
and goblins that inhabit fantasy worlds, children come to better
understand their own world, as well as their own lives.
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