Robert Cormier / edited by Adrienne E. Gavin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gavin, Adrienne E., 1962-

Series:

New casebooks (Palgrave (Firm))

New casebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cormier, Robert--Criticism and interpretation.

Cormier, Robert.

Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.

Young adult fiction, American.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

xi, 181 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230313316

0230313310

9780230313323

0230313329

OCLC:

795175363

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