Vol. 15 No. 1 (2019)

The 15th of the "Children's Readings" was conceived as an issue devoted to the research of children's literature in the 19th century, the period which significance in the history of children's literature is quite considerable. In this century, the first professional authors writing for children have appeared, the main directions and genres of children's literature developed, institutional structures that ensure the full functioning of literature for children and youth began to form (such as specialized publishing houses, children's magazines, criticism and bibliography of children's literature). However, very few articles and materials related to the stated topic were received by the editorial office. Articles about 19th-century children's literature published in the fifteenth issue of "Children's Readings" composed a very modest contribution to the study of this "dark" age in the history of Russian children's literature. The articles and essays published in the current volume examine various aspects of the history of literary ties and influences, the specifics of national children's works of literature, the issues of translation and adaptation of fiction and educational literature for children, as well as the pedagogical and reader's reception of foreign texts.