''The Lion and the Unicorn'' is an
academic journal
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founded in 1977. It examines
children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
from a scholarly perspective covering the
publishing industry
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, regional authors, comparative studies,
illustration
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,
popular culture
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, and other topics. It provides unique author and editor interviews and a highly regarded book review section. The journal frequently takes the form of special themed issues.
The journal is published three times each year in January, April, and September by the
Johns Hopkins University Press
The Johns Hopkins University Press (also referred to as JHU Press or JHUP) is the publishing division of Johns Hopkins University. It was founded in 1878 and is the oldest continuously running university press in the United States. The press publi ...
. Circulation is 686 and the average length of an issue is 160 pages. The title of the journal was inspired from a scene in the 1871 book ''
Through the Looking-Glass
''Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There'' (also known as ''Alice Through the Looking-Glass'' or simply ''Through the Looking-Glass'') is a novel published on 27 December 1871 (though indicated as 1872) by Lewis Carroll and the ...
''.
See also
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Children's literature periodicals Children's literature periodicals include magazines about children's literature intended for adults, such as:
* Academic journals focusing on the scholarly study of children's and young adult literature
* Review journals reviewing specific works f ...
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Children's literature criticism The term children's literature criticism includes both generalist discussions of the relationship between children's literature and literary theory and literary analyses of a specific works of children's literature. Some academics consider young a ...
External links
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''The Lion and the Unicorn''at
Project MUSE
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Literary magazines published in the United States
Book review magazines
Children's literature criticism
English-language magazines
Johns Hopkins University Press academic journals
Magazines established in 1977
Magazines published in Baltimore
Triannual magazines published in the United States
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