Reading Madeleine l’Engle: Ecopsychology in Children’s and Adolescent Literature

Using a critical lens derived from ecopsychology and its praxis, ecotherapy, this book explores the relationships Madeleine L’Engle develops for her characters in a selection of the novels.

Heidi A. Lawrence (PhD in English Literature, University of Glasgow) studies the intersections of ecopsychology and its praxis, ecotherapy, with children’s literature, taking special interest in imaginative and fantastic literature. She has published on Madeleine L’Engle and L.M. Montgomery. She works as adjunct faculty at Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah), teaching in the English Department and the School of Education.