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.
Edited by:
Adrienne E. Gavin,
Adrienne E. Gavin
Imprint: Palgrave
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 12mm
Weight: 236g
ISBN: 9780230313323
ISBN 10: 0230313329
Series: New Casebooks
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 01 November 2012
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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.
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.
Reviews for Robert Cormier
'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, UK
