Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gavin, Adrienne E., 1962-

Description

1. xi, 181 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

1. "Robert Cormier is widely recognized as one of the leading authors of young adult fiction. This collection of brand new essays demonstrates a variety of critical approaches to Cormier's work, including his best-known novels and lesser-studied texts. It offers an accessible examination of the author's considerable impact on children's literature"--

Series statement

1. New casebooks

Uniform title

1. New casebooks (Palgrave (Firm))

Subject

1. Cormier, Robert > Criticism and interpretation
2. Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism
3. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General
4. LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature
5. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Literary Criticism & Collections

Genre/Form

1. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Contents

1. Fade to black: adolescent invisibility in the works of Robert Cormier / Karyn Huenemann -- "So many disguises": questions of identity in Robert Cormier's After the first death and Heroes / Andrew F. Humphries -- Fascinated by evil: Robert Cormier as a Catholic novelist / Pat Pinsent -- "Nobody out of context": representations of child corruption in Robert Cormier's crime novels / Stefania Ciocia -- "You have to outlast them": bullying in The chocolate war and Beyond the chocolate war / Amy Cummins -- Männerbund and Hitler-Jugend: queer perceptions of Nazis in and beyond Robert Cormier's The chocolate war / Holly Blackford -- Inducing despair?: a study of Robert Cormier's young adult fiction / Clare Walsh -- Framing the truth: Robert Cormier, his readers, and "reality" / Susan Clancy -- Interactive texts and active readers: Robert Cormier's "adolescent poetics" in the light of Wolfgang Iser's theory of aesthetic response / Dimitrios Politis.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain