Because all wars in the twenty-first century are potentially global wars, the centenary of the first global war is the occasion for reflection. This volume offe

Perceptions of the Great War have changed significantly since its outbreak and children's authors have continually attempted to engage with those changes, expla

Over the past century, much attention has been paid to the literature written for adults in response to the First World War, but there has been comparatively li

History is constantly evolving, and the history of children’s literature is no exception. Since the original publication of Emer O’Sullivan’s Historical D

In this collection the multidimensional story of children’s literature in the formative period of the long nineteenth century is illuminated, questioned, and,