Robert Cormier

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This compelling New Casebook is the first essay collection devoted to the work of groundbreaking American author Robert Cormier. Written by a team of international children's literature experts, the volume offers a variety of critical and theoretical approaches to the range of Cormier's controversial young adult novels.The newly-commissioned essays explore the author's earlier best-known writings for teenagers as well as his later less critically examined texts, focussing on key issues such as adolescence, identity, bullying and child corruption. Recognizing Cormier's achievement, this long-overdue critical resource is essential reading for anyone with an interest in his influential work and lasting impact on young adult fiction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-01
Mått:155 x 235 x 11 mm
Vikt:236 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:New Casebooks
Antal sidor:200
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9780230313323

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ADRIENNE E. GAVIN is Professor of English Literature at Canterbury Christ Church University, UK. She is the co-editor of Mystery in Children's Literature (2001) and Childhood in Edwardian Fiction (2009), both of which are published by Palgrave Macmillan.

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'Offers diverse perspectives on Cormier's oeuvre and gives the reader many ways into his work.' - Janet Kaufman, University of Utah, USA 'The various essays work successfully together to provide the reader with a wide range of critical approaches to diverse texts within Cormier's oeuvre.' - Elizabeth Thiel, University of Roehampton, UK

Innehållsförteckning

Series Editor's PrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroduction; A.E.GavinFade to Black: Adolescent Invisibility in the Works of Robert Cormier; K.Huenemann'So many disguises': Questions of Identity in Robert Cormier's After the First Death and Heroes ; A.F.HumphriesFascinated by Evil: Robert Cormier as a Catholic Novelist; P.Pinsent'Nobody out of context': Representations of Child Corruption in Robert Cormier's Crime Novels; S.Ciocia'You have to outlast them': Bullying in The Chocolate War and Beyond the Chocolate War ; A.CumminsMannerbund and Hitler-Jugend: Queer Perceptions of Nazis In and Beyond Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War ; H.BlackfordInducing Despair?: A Study of Robert Cormier's Young Adult Fiction; C.WalshFacing the Truth: Robert Cormier, His Readers, and 'Reality'; S.ClancyInteractive Texts and Active Readers: Robert Cormier's 'Adolescent Poetics' in the Light of Wolfgang Iser's Theory of Aesthetic Response; D.PolitisBibliography of Robert Cormier's Work and Suggested Further ReadingIndex.