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Children's Horror

Children's Horror is a subgenre of horror fiction that pertains to literary or media works designed for child audiences, distinguished by the modulation of frightening themes, supernatural elements, and narrative tension to align with developmental appropriateness and cognitive thresholds of young readers.

26

Publications

908

Citations

34

Authors

6

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

2

Parents

Publications

26

A Haunt of Fears: The Strange History of the British Horror Comics Campaign

Timothy J. Lang, Martin Barker · History of Education Quarterly · 1993 · 164 citations

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Caligari's Children: The Film as Tale of Terror

Patricia Brady, S. S. Prawer · The Modern Language Review · 1983 · 117 citations

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Laughing is Scary, but Farting is Cute

Jason Yip, Kiley Sobel, Xin Gao et al. · 2019 · 85 citations

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The child in film: tears, fears, and fairytales

Choice Reviews Online · 2011 · 65 citations

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Limits of horror: technology, bodies, gothic

Choice Reviews Online · 2009 · 59 citations

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Authors

34

  1. JC
    Joanne Cantor

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

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  2. LM
    Laura Meng

    University of Washington, United States

    1 publications · 85 citations

    1

    h-index

  3. DJ
    Dorothy J. Imrich

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

  4. MI
    Mary I. Preston

    Stanford University, United States

    1 publications · 37 citations

    1

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  5. CS
    Christopher Sharrett

    Seton Hall University, United States

    1 publications · 12 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

6

  1. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    45 citations

  2. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  3. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    42 citations

  4. Glasgow Life

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    21 citations

  5. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    8 publications

    680 citations

  6. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 219 citations

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  2. Children's Literature Association quarterly

    2 publications · 29 citations

    2

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  3. The Velvet Light Trap

    1 publications · 29 citations

    1

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  4. The Modern Language Review

    1 publications · 117 citations

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