Description: Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction: Embracing Change, Loss and Growth on the Path from Innocence to Experience Part I: Stories of Innocence: The Quest and the Path to Maturity 1. Mossycoat, Puss in Boots and Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp: Fairy Tale and Folktale Re-visions 2. The Firework-Maker's Daughter and The Scarecrow and His Servant: Quest-Driven Tales 3. Count Karlstein, or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman: The Influence of German Romanticism and the Gothic on an Evolving Text 4. Spring-Heeled Jack and The New Cut Gang: Thunderbolt's Waxwork and The Gas-Fitters' Ball: Narratives of Orphaned, Displaced, and Dispossessed Children Part II: Stories of Experience: Betrayal and the Path to Maturity 5. The Sally Lockhart Quartet: Socially-Conscious Penny Dreadfuls 6. I Was a Rat! and How to Be Cool: The Intersection of Fantasy and Realism Through Social Satire 7. The Broken Bridge and The White Mercedes: The Impact of the Sins of the Father (and Mother) in Young Adult Contemporary Novels 8. The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ: A New Path from Innocence to Experience Chapter Notes Bibliography Index

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