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Frightening fiction

Title
  1. Frightening fiction / Kimberley Reynolds, Geraldine Brennan, and Kevin McCarron.
Published by
  1. London ; New York : Continuum, 2001.
Author
  1. Reynolds, Kimberley.

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Additional authors
  1. Brennan, Geraldine.
  2. McCarron, Kevin.
Description
  1. 134 pages; 24 cm
Summary
  1. The development of the horror genre in children's literature has bee a statling phenomenon--one that has provoked strong, but mixed, reactions. Frightening fiction provides a lucid and lively guide to that genre, ranging from analyses of such popular series as Point Horror, Goosebumps, the X Files and the Buffy stories, to the work of individual authors such as Robert Westall, David Almond, Philip Gross and Lesley Howarth.--page 4 of cover.
Series statement
  1. Contemporary classics of children's literature
Uniform title
  1. Contemporary classics of children's literature.
Subject
  1. Almond, David
  2. Howarth, Lesley
  3. Stine, Robert L
  4. Westall, Robert
  5. Children's literature, English > History and criticism
  6. Horror tales, English > History and criticism
  7. Children's literature, English
  8. Horror tales, English
  9. Jugendliteratur
  10. Kinderliteratur
  11. Literaturkritik
  12. Schauerroman
  13. Englisch
Genre/Form
  1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Contents
  1. Point horror and the point of horror ; Robert Westall's 'frightening fictions' / Kevin McCarron -- Game called death : frightening fictions by David Almond, Philip Gross and Lesley Howarth / Geraldine Brennan.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. [128]-130) and index.