Reading young adult literature : a critical introduction /

Reading Young Adult Literature is the most current, comprehensive and affordable guide to this burgeoning genre, tracing its history and reception with nuance and respect. Unlike any other book on the market, it synthesizes current thinking on key issues in the field and presents new research and or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hintz, Carrie, 1970- (Author), Tribunella, Eric L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Peterborough, Ontario ; Tonawanda, New York : Broadview Press, [2025].
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Historicizing youth, adolescents, and teens
  • Adolescent literature, the junior novel, and the pre-history of YA
  • Realism and the YA novel
  • Speculative realms: YA fantasy, science fiction, dystopia, and horror
  • Young adult literature at the cutting edge: hybrid and experimental genres, multimodal YA, and fandom culture
  • YA in conversation with the classics.