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Undercurrents: Pessimism in Contemporary Children's Fiction

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  1. College of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland, Maryland

    Anne S. MacCleod (teaches children's literature)

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She has a special interest in the relationship between children's books and culture, and is the author ofA Moral Tale: Children's Fiction and American Culture, 1820–1860 (Archon Books, 1975)

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MacCleod, A.S. Undercurrents: Pessimism in Contemporary Children's Fiction. Child Lit Educ 7, 96–102 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01143130

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