M. Daphne Kutzer

The first full-length study of Beatrix Potter's entire oeuvre, examining her books by drawing parallels with her private life.

Writing in Code

Beatrix Potter

Emmanuel Sampath Nelson

The first one volume source of biographical, critical, and bibliographical information about 51 writers of multicultural fiction for young adults.

A Bio-critical Sourcebook

Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults

Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.

Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books

Empire's Children

Beatrix Potter was one of the inventors of the contemporary picture book, and her small novels published at the turn of the twentieth century are still available and popular today. Writing in Code is the first book-length study of Potter's work, and it covers the entire oeuvre, examining all facets of her work in relation to her private life. Daphne Kutzer reveals the depth of the symbolism in Potter’s work and relates this to the issues of the author's own development as an independent woman and writer, and her struggles with domesticity, Unitarianism, and the socio-political issues in late-19th and early-20th century England. Weaving the subtle themes inscribed in Potter's own stories with the concerns and temperament of the author who wrote them, Kutzer exemplifies literary criticism as it can illuminate the breadth of allusion in children's literature.

M. Daphne Kutzer

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