Serialization, Commercialization and the Children¿s Classics av Dr Amy (Senior Lecturer in Education Studies Bishop Grossette University UK) Webster

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<p><b>An exploration of the serialization of children''s classics by contemporary publishers, this book digs into the impact of the practice and provides new ways of reading the corpus of British children''s literature from the 20th century. </b>Amy Webster demonstrates how publishers select texts for their series, which texts they omit, which outliers are sometimes included and how a core group of works from the golden age of children''s literature emerged. The text also examines how texts are abridged and transformed from publisher to publisher through close readings of <i>The Wind in the Willows </i>and <i>Alice¿s Adventures in Wonderland</i>; and how the repackaging of works within a series highlight issues and choices tied to key paratextual elements. Analysing data through distant reading and close reading of series from Ladybird, Longman, Puffin and Walker Illustrated editions, this book sheds light on how modern classics series are marked by variation and instability but also a