Providing an examination of the treatment of personal development, maturation and rites of passage in literature written for children and adolescents, this title includes a broad survey of the theme across a number of genres - including adventure and frontier stories, pony stories, school and holiday stories and series fiction - and an in-depth analysis of the work of key writers. The authors work towards an answer to the question "What is a classic?"
Author Biography
Margaret Meek, Reader Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London, UK Victor Watson, Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK.
