| Description |
xii, 215 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
New casebooks |
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New casebooks.
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| Contents |
Pt. 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 -- pt. II FORM, STYLE AND 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 & John Stephens -- 6.Transformation, Text and Genre in The Birdman / Mel Gibson -- pt. 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 -- pt. IV TELLING STORIES -- 10.Found Fiction: An Interview with Melvin Burgess / Alison Waller & Melvin Burgess |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-211) and index |
| Subject |
Burgess, Melvin, author -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Burgess, Melvin -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Young adult fiction, English -- History and criticism.
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| Author |
Waller, Alison, editor
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| LC no. |
2014000580 |
| ISBN |
1137262796 (hardback) |
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9781137262790 (paperback) |
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9781137262806 (hardback) |
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