Alton, Anne
More about Anne Alton
Publications & Presentations
Books
Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works. Ed. Anne Hiebert Alton and William C. Spruiell. North Carolina: McFarland, 2014.
Peter Pan [by J.M. Barrie]. A scholarly edition. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2011.
Arousing Delight: Arthur Rackham, Artist and Illustrator. Mt. Pleasant, MI: Central Michigan University, 2006.
Little Women [by Louisa May Alcott]. A scholarly edition. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2001.
Articles & Book Chapters
“Monsters in Harry Potter.” An Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Press, 2014.
“Jonathan Swift. Monsters in Gulliver’s Travels.” An Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Press, 2014. [Forthcoming].
“Jabberwock.” An Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Press, 2014.
“Educating the Next Generation.” Clarke Historical Library, 2011.
“Playing the Genre Game: Generic Fusions of the Harry Potter series.” Critical Perspectives on Harry Potter. Ed. Elizabeth E. Heilman. 2nd ed. New York: Routledge, 2008. 199-223.
“Scott Corbett.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 1: 347.
“Sheila Greenwald.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 2:174.
“Norma Klein.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 2: 371-72.
“Ron Koertge.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 2: 373-74.
“Ruth Nichols.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 3: 153-54.
“Keith Robertson.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 3: 349-50.
“Mary Rodgers.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 3: 358.
“Jay Williams.” Oxford Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature. Ed. Jack Zipes. Oxford: Oxford U.P., 2006. 4: 188-89.
“Helen Lyndon Goff (1899-1996).” Dictionary article. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
“Generic Fusion and the Mosaic of Harry Potter.” Harry Potter’s World: Multidisciplinary Critical Perspectives. Ed. Elizabeth Heilman. New York: Routledge, 2003. 141-62.
“The Hockey Sweater: A Canadian Cross-Cultural Icon.” Papers: Explorations into Children’s Literature 12:2 (August 2002): 5-13.
“Diane Duane.” Encyclopedia entry. The Cambridge Guide to Children’s Books in English. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. 424.
“‘Bring the child in you out to play!’: Canadian Children’s Culture and the 1997 Calgary International Children’s Festival.” Canadian Children's Literature 90 (1998): 17-27.
“Changing the World: A Profile of Writer JoAnne James.” Canadian Children's Literature 85 (1997): 31-40.
“Books in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë.” Brontë Society Transactions 21:7 (1996): 265-74.
“Education in Victorian Fact and Fiction: Kay-Shuttleworth and Dickens's Hard Times.” Dickens Quarterly 9:2 (1992): 67-80.
Education
MA – University of Calgary
BA – University of Calgary
Research Interests
Children’s literature
Fantasy
Young Adult literature
The novel
Membership in Professional Organizations
Courses Taught
English 681: Current Issues in Children's Literature
English 635C: Seminar in 19th Century English Literature – The Victorian Novel
English 602: Research Methods and Materials
English 583: The Heroic Tradition in Children’s Literature
English 581: The History of Children’s Literature
English 547: Major British Writers – J. K. Rowling
English 485: Poetry for Youth
English 482: Fantasy for Youth
English 460: Senior Seminar – Interdisciplinarity and Terry Pratchett
English 435: Studies in Texts – The Brontës and Dickens
English 395: Children’s Literature and the Arts
English 381: Children’s Literature
English 339: Victorian Literature and Thought
English 345: Studies in Authors – J. K. Rowling
Honors 321A: The Harry Potter Phenomenon
Honors 321C: Harry Potter in England - Study Abroad class
English 234: Introduction to Literary Analysis
English 201: Advanced Composition