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245 10 a| Bloody murderh| [electronic resource] :b| the homicide tradition in children's literature /c| Michelle Ann Abate.;

260 a| Baltimore :b| Johns Hopkins University Press,;

300 a| x, 266 p. ;c| 24 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-250) and index.;

505 0 a| Once upon a crime: homicide in American culture and popular children's literature from "Bluebeard" to Harry Potter -- "You must kill her and bring me her lungs and liver as proof": "Snow White" and the fact as well as fantasy of filicide -- "The queen had only one way of settling all difficulties... 'off with his head!' ": Alice's adventures in Wonderland and the anti-gallows movement -- "Swarthy, sun-tanned, villainous looking fellows": Tarzan of the apes and criminal anthropology -- -- "A sixth sense seemed to tell her that she had encountered something unusual": psychic sleuthing in the Nancy Drew mystery series -- "How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?": juvenile delinquency, teenager killers and a pulp aesthetic in the Outsiders -- "My job is... to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury": confronting the dramatization-and demonization-of murder in Walter Dean Myers' monster -- Epilogue: "Just because you don't have a pulse doesn't mean you can't be perky": my so-called death, young adult zombie fiction and murder in the posthuman age.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

538 a| Mode of access: World Wide Web;

650 0 a| Children's literature, Englishx| History and criticism.=| ^A18018;

650 0 a| Children's literature, Americanx| History and criticism.=| ^A19218;

650 0 a| Homicide in literature.=| ^A318904;

650 0 a| Crime in popular culturez| United Statesx| History.=| ^A689261;

650 0 a| Literature and societyz| United Statesx| History.=| ^A48326;

650 0 a| Social values in literature.=| ^A118541;

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Bloody murder the homicide tradition in children's literature / Michelle Ann Abate.

Author/creator	Abate, Michelle Ann, 1975-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Description	x, 266 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Children's literature, English--History and criticism. Children's literature, American--History and criticism. Homicide in literature. Crime in popular culture--United States. --History. Literature and society--United States. --History. Social values in literature. Murder in literature.

Contents	Once upon a crime: homicide in American culture and popular children's literature from "Bluebeard" to Harry Potter -- "You must kill her and bring me her lungs and liver as proof": "Snow White" and the fact as well as fantasy of filicide -- "The queen had only one way of settling all difficulties... 'off with his head!' ": Alice's adventures in Wonderland and the anti-gallows movement -- "Swarthy, sun-tanned, villainous looking fellows": Tarzan of the apes and criminal anthropology -- -- "A sixth sense seemed to tell her that she had encountered something unusual": psychic sleuthing in the Nancy Drew mystery series -- "How'd you like that haircut to begin just below the chin?": juvenile delinquency, teenager killers and a pulp aesthetic in the Outsiders -- "My job is... to make you a human being in the eyes of the jury": confronting the dramatization-and demonization-of murder in Walter Dean Myers' monster -- Epilogue: "Just because you don't have a pulse doesn't mean you can't be perky": my so-called death, young adult zombie fiction and murder in the posthuman age.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-250) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012025276
ISBN	9781421408408 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1421408406 (alk. paper)
ISBN	9781421408415 (electronic)
ISBN	1421408414 (electronic)

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