Girls' school stories, girls' own literature and genre books, Class S and associated fandoms.
Ursula Nordstrom and the Queer History of the Children's Book - Los Angeles Review of Books
Ursula Nordstrom and the Queer History of the Children's Book - Los Angeles Review of Books
IMAGINE TWO WOMEN, dressed in tweed, sitting on the steps of the New York Public Library in 1951. It is Children's Book Week, and a celebratory tea is commencing inside the sumptuous stone building. The women belong inside, but they cannot get in because one of them, after searching through her purse, could not find her ticket.
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I really want to track down a copy of "The Secret Langauge".




According to AbeBooks, it looks to be more readily available in the US. Thanks for posting this link; the article is really fascinating.
It makes me realise I'm not being silly in seeing subtext in everything.