Serialization, Commercialization and the Children's Classics
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Serialization, Commercialization and the Children's Classics
British Series from the 20th Century
Webster, Dr Amy
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
01/2025
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9781350434103
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List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1: Probing the problem of 'the classic'
Complexities and critiques of the classic
The classic in children's literature
Classics and canons
Prizing and reading practices
Serialising children's classics: A room of not so familiar friends
Studying British series of children's classics at a distance and up close
Compiling the data set
Precursors to the classic series
Chapter 2: Presence
Analysing the data set
Core classics and copyright
Non-recurring titles
The move towards homogenisation
Variation in series of modern classics
Trends in authorship
Chapter 3: Pruning
Adapting children's classics
Analysing abridgement: Counting words and reading contraction
A case study of a children's classic
Ladybird: Series of classics for younger readers
Longman: The children's classics as a reading scheme
Chapter 4: Product
Repackaging children's classics
The publisher's peritext
A Ladybird story
Puffin's 'complete and unabridged' classics
Walker's Illustrated Classics: 'The classics have never looked so good'
Conclusion: The commercial dimension of the children's classics
References
Appendix
Appendix A: Accessing the dataset online
Appendix B: Series of classics and modern classics listed chronologically by start publishing date
Appendix C: Books in series listed numerically by book ID
Appendix D: Authors in series listed numerically by author ID
Appendix E: Series that books appear in listed numerically by Book ID
Index
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1: Probing the problem of 'the classic'
Complexities and critiques of the classic
The classic in children's literature
Classics and canons
Prizing and reading practices
Serialising children's classics: A room of not so familiar friends
Studying British series of children's classics at a distance and up close
Compiling the data set
Precursors to the classic series
Chapter 2: Presence
Analysing the data set
Core classics and copyright
Non-recurring titles
The move towards homogenisation
Variation in series of modern classics
Trends in authorship
Chapter 3: Pruning
Adapting children's classics
Analysing abridgement: Counting words and reading contraction
A case study of a children's classic
Ladybird: Series of classics for younger readers
Longman: The children's classics as a reading scheme
Chapter 4: Product
Repackaging children's classics
The publisher's peritext
A Ladybird story
Puffin's 'complete and unabridged' classics
Walker's Illustrated Classics: 'The classics have never looked so good'
Conclusion: The commercial dimension of the children's classics
References
Appendix
Appendix A: Accessing the dataset online
Appendix B: Series of classics and modern classics listed chronologically by start publishing date
Appendix C: Books in series listed numerically by book ID
Appendix D: Authors in series listed numerically by author ID
Appendix E: Series that books appear in listed numerically by Book ID
Index
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classic literature; children's classics; British educational policy; seriality; children's publishing; publishing industry; commercialization; reader experience; book materiality; paratext; uniformity; individuality; contemporary publishing practices; quality; distant reading methods; quantitative research methods; abridgement; Ladybird; Longman; Puffin Books; Walker; The Wind in the Willows
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1: Probing the problem of 'the classic'
Complexities and critiques of the classic
The classic in children's literature
Classics and canons
Prizing and reading practices
Serialising children's classics: A room of not so familiar friends
Studying British series of children's classics at a distance and up close
Compiling the data set
Precursors to the classic series
Chapter 2: Presence
Analysing the data set
Core classics and copyright
Non-recurring titles
The move towards homogenisation
Variation in series of modern classics
Trends in authorship
Chapter 3: Pruning
Adapting children's classics
Analysing abridgement: Counting words and reading contraction
A case study of a children's classic
Ladybird: Series of classics for younger readers
Longman: The children's classics as a reading scheme
Chapter 4: Product
Repackaging children's classics
The publisher's peritext
A Ladybird story
Puffin's 'complete and unabridged' classics
Walker's Illustrated Classics: 'The classics have never looked so good'
Conclusion: The commercial dimension of the children's classics
References
Appendix
Appendix A: Accessing the dataset online
Appendix B: Series of classics and modern classics listed chronologically by start publishing date
Appendix C: Books in series listed numerically by book ID
Appendix D: Authors in series listed numerically by author ID
Appendix E: Series that books appear in listed numerically by Book ID
Index
List of Tables
Introduction
Chapter 1: Probing the problem of 'the classic'
Complexities and critiques of the classic
The classic in children's literature
Classics and canons
Prizing and reading practices
Serialising children's classics: A room of not so familiar friends
Studying British series of children's classics at a distance and up close
Compiling the data set
Precursors to the classic series
Chapter 2: Presence
Analysing the data set
Core classics and copyright
Non-recurring titles
The move towards homogenisation
Variation in series of modern classics
Trends in authorship
Chapter 3: Pruning
Adapting children's classics
Analysing abridgement: Counting words and reading contraction
A case study of a children's classic
Ladybird: Series of classics for younger readers
Longman: The children's classics as a reading scheme
Chapter 4: Product
Repackaging children's classics
The publisher's peritext
A Ladybird story
Puffin's 'complete and unabridged' classics
Walker's Illustrated Classics: 'The classics have never looked so good'
Conclusion: The commercial dimension of the children's classics
References
Appendix
Appendix A: Accessing the dataset online
Appendix B: Series of classics and modern classics listed chronologically by start publishing date
Appendix C: Books in series listed numerically by book ID
Appendix D: Authors in series listed numerically by author ID
Appendix E: Series that books appear in listed numerically by Book ID
Index
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classic literature; children's classics; British educational policy; seriality; children's publishing; publishing industry; commercialization; reader experience; book materiality; paratext; uniformity; individuality; contemporary publishing practices; quality; distant reading methods; quantitative research methods; abridgement; Ladybird; Longman; Puffin Books; Walker; The Wind in the Willows
