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202 pages 6x9
$19.95 paper 1-58729-586-5, 978-1-58729-586-7
original cloth publication 2004
A “Choice” Outstanding Academic Title
“Smart and engaging, Looking Glasses and Neverlands is the best extended psychoanalytic study of children’s literature yet available… The beauty of Coats’ book is that it shows that Lacan’s work is especially suited for the study of children’s literature. Who knew?”—Kenneth Kidd, Children’s Literature Association Quarterly
“Engaging, clear, and authoritative —Looking Glasses and Neverlands offers an important contribution to our understanding of children’s literature and reading.”— Marshall Alcorn, author of Changing the Subject in English Class
This groundbreaking study introduces and explores Lacan’s complex theories of subjectivity and desire through close readings of canonical children’s books such as Charlotte’s Web, Stellaluna, Holes, Tangerine, and The Chocolate War, providing an introduction to an increasingly influential body of difficult work while making the claim that children’s textual encounters are as significant as their existential ones in constituting their subjectivities and giving shape to their desires.
Karen Coats is an associate professor of English at Illinois State University.
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