This is a collection of views on children's literature and national identity answering question such as: how do young readers see themselves and "others" in the

How do young readers see themselves and others in texts they read? How are their sympathies recruited in tales of wars and conflicts? Where do their loyalties l

When D. H. Lawrence wrote his classic study of American literature, he claimed that youth was the “true myth” of America. Beginning from this assertion, Emi

This book explores the inculcation of an Australian national identity through a deconstruction of the content of the required reading curriculum for children in