Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.
Contents:
Part I. The imaginary -- 1. Many happy returns: to Freud, Rose, the child and its literature -- 2. Peter Pan and the riddle of existence -- Part II. The symbolic -- 3. Holes and pores: slipping between the cracks of social criticism -- 4. Hiding in the light: Perry Nodelman and the hidden adult -- Part III. The real -- 5. Home sweet home and the uncanny: Freud, Alice and the curious child -- Part IV. Real, symbolic, imaginary -- 6. Fantasy and realism contained: from Fortunatus cap to the Mobius Strip -- 7. The Children's Book -- not suitable for children?
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