Robert Cormier
Published on 1. November 2012
Book
Hardback
200 pages
978-0-230-31331-6 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
Reviews / Votes
'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, UKMore details
Series
Edition
2012
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-31331-6 (9780230313316)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-28488-4
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Person
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.
Content
Series Editor's Preface.- Notes on Contributors.- Introduction; A.E.Gavin.- Fade 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.Humphries.- Fascinated 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.Cummins.- Mannerbund and Hitler-Jugend: Queer Perceptions of Nazis In and Beyond Robert Cormier's The Chocolate War; H.Blackford.- Inducing Despair?: A Study of Robert Cormier's Young Adult Fiction; C.Walsh.- Facing the Truth: Robert Cormier, His Readers, and 'Reality'; S.Clancy.- Interactive Texts and Active Readers: Robert Cormier's 'Adolescent Poetics' in the Light of Wolfgang Iser's Theory of Aesthetic Response; D.Politis.- Bibliography of Robert Cormier's Work and Suggested Further Reading.- Index.