Title:
Young adult literature : from romance to realism
Author:
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Edition:
Fourth edition.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
Chicago : ALA Neal-Schuman, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
viii, 280 pages ; 26 cm
ISBN:
9780838947470
Abstract:
Cart returns with a sweeping update of his classic text. His book surveys the landscape of YA lit; closely examines teen demographics, literacy, audiobooks, and the future of print; provides updated coverage of perennially popular genre fiction, including horror, sci fi, and dystopian fiction; delves deeply into multicultural and LGBTQIA+ literature, substantially updated in this edition; and more.
General Note:
Revised edition of: From romance to realism : 50 years of growth and change in young adult literature. First edition. New York : HarperCollins Pub., c1996.
Contents:
Part One: That Was Then. From Sue Barton to the Sixties -- The Sixties and Seventies -- The Eighties -- The Early Nineties -- The Rest of the Nineties -- Part Two: This Is Now. A New Literature for a New Millennium? -- A Critical Apparatus -- Genre on the Agenda -- Romancing the Retail -- So, How Old Is Young Adult? -- Meanwhile, Back in the Real World -- Reality Revisited -- Sex and Other Shibboleths -- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender + Literature -- Still the Controversies Continue -- The Viz Biz -- The New Nonfiction -- Of Books and Bytes.
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Language:
English
