Beyond Happily Ever After: The Aesthetic Dilemma of Multivolume Fiction for Children: Maria Nikolajeva (original) (raw)

Textual Transformations in Children's Literature, 2013

Abstract

The recent publication of David Benedictus's Return to the Hundred Acre Wood (2009), the controversial sequel to AA Milne's famous children's classic Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), has renewed the ongoing critical debate on one of the prominent features of children's literature: its obsession with sequels. Apart from commercial reasons, it has been frequently claimed that children enjoy repetition and predictability. This chapter discusses the artistic premises for series, sequels, and prequels, illustrating the argument with a number of contemporary “quels” to classic ...

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