Reading Madeleine Lengle - Ecopsychology in Childrens and Adolescent Literature

Using a critical lens derived from ecopsychology and its praxis, ecotherapy, this book explores the relationships Madeleine L'Engle develops for her characters in a selection of the novels.

List of contents

General Introduction
Chapter 1: Differentiation and Integration in
A Wrinkle in Time and The Young Unicorns
Chapter 2: Human Interpersonal Relationships in
The Moon by Night and A Swiftly Tilting Planet
Chapter 3: Overcoming Fear of Death through Interspecies Relationships in
A Ring of Endless Light
Chapter 4: Oceans, Islands, and Reconciliation with Self and Others in
A House Like a Lotus
General Conclusion
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

About the author

Heidi A. Lawrence (PhD in English Literature, University of Glasgow) studies the intersections of ecopsychology and its praxis, ecotherapy, with children's literature, taking special interest in imaginative and fantastic literature. She has published on Madeleine L'Engle and L.M. Montgomery. She works as adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah), teaching in the English Department and the School of Education.

Product details

• Authors: Heidi A. Lawrence
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032487014
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3248701-4
• No. of pages: 214
• Series: Routledge Studies in World Literatures and the Environment
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary theory, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general