The International Companion to SCOTTISH CHILDREN’S LITERATURE

Edited by Maureen A. Farrell and
Robert A. Davis

Published in: paperback, 298 pages
By: Scottish Literature International, 2024
Price: £24.95 / €29.95 / $29.95
ISBN 9781908980410

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The work of Scottish authors writing for children has often been subsumed into the category of British or even ‘English’ literature, with little critical attention paid to its distinctively Scottish character. In the first major exploration of Scottish children’s literature, this INTERNATIONAL COMPANION examines everything from children’s classics by Robert Louis Stevenson and J. M. Barrie to the latest work by contemporary writers in Scotland, and from picturebooks to Young Adult (YA) fiction and recent poetry. It also explores issues surrounding the reception and publication of works in Gaelic and Scots, and showcases the thriving and diverse traditions of Scottish writing for children.

Table of contents:

Series Editors’ Preface
Acknowledgements

Introduction (Maureen A. Farrell and Robert A. Davis)

1. The Origins of Scottish Children’s Literature (Maureen A. Farrell)
2. ‘Through the Midnight Sea’: Some Dimensions of Scottish Children’s Poetry (Robert A. Davis)
3. Children’s Scottish Historical Fiction (Beth Dickson)
4. A ‘Spell of Stories’: Scottish Children’s Fantasy (Sarah Dunnigan)
5. Gaelic Plays for Children 1900–1950 (Sìm Innes)
6. Stevenson’s Junior Fiction (David Robb)
7. Mollie Hunter’s Teen Fiction: Transitioning through Enchanted Humanness to Adulthood (Ralph Jessop)
8. Adolescent Citizenship in Cathy MacPhail’s Mosi’s War and Claire McFall’s Bombmaker (Fiona McCulloch)
9. From Fairy Cauldrons to An Gruffalo: The Development and Challenges of Scottish Gaelic Children’s Literature (Mairi Kidd)
10. Scottish Children’s Picturebooks Within a European and Global Context (Penni Cotton)
11. Ambition and Identity: Scottish Children’s Literary Prizewinners (Morna Fleming)
12. Scottish Poetry in the Scottish Secondary Classroom: Seeing Beyond the Set Texts (Jennifer Farrar)
13. Scottish Children’s Literature: Where Are We Now? (Maureen A. Farrell)

Endnotes
Further Reading
Notes on Contributors
Index