Alison Waller

Melvin Burgess (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This edited collection presents new essays on Melvin Burgess and an interview with the author, introducing readers to the debates surrounding his work and status as an author of controversial young adult fiction. The volume outlines existing critical approaches to his fiction and showcases innovative developments in children's literature studies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781137262813
• Artikelnr.: 62861011

Autorenporträt

Alison Waller is Senior Lecturer in Children's Literature at the University of Roehampton, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Preface.- Notes on Contributors.- Introduction; A.Waller.- PART I: CONTROVERSY AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT 1. 'One of the Boys'? Writing Sex for Teenagers in 'Doing It'; Chris Richards.- 2. 'Keeping it Real': The Debate for Boyhood and its Representations in 'Doing It' and 'Kill All Enemies'; Michele Gill.- 3. The Girl and the Streets: Postfeminist Identities in 'Junk', 'Doing It', and 'Sara's Face'; Joel Gwynne.- PART II: FORM, STYLE, GENRE 4. Beyond Face Value: Playing the Game with 'Sara's Face'; Kay Sambell.- 5. Dystopian Worlds and Ethical Subjectivities in 'Bloodtide' and 'Bloodsong'; Robyn McCallum and John Stephens.- 6. Transformation, Text and Genre in 'The Birdman'; M.Gibson.- PART III: HUMAN AND ANIMAL IDENTITIES 7. Borderland: The Animal World of Melvin Burgess; Peter Hollindale.- 8. 'You Know What I Mean': The Development of Relationships between Socially Isolated Characters in 'An Angel for May, 'Loving April', and 'The Ghost Behind the Wall'; Pat Pinsent.- 9. Challenging the Paradigm: Examining 'The Baby and Fly Pie' and 'The Earth Giant' through Ecocriticism; Karen Williams.- PART IV: TELLING STORIES 10. Found Fiction: An Interview with Melvin Burgess; Alison Waller and Melvin Burgess.- Further Reading.- Index.