Robert Cormier

by A. Gavin (Editor)

Overview

"Robert Cormier is widely recognized as one of the leading authors of young adult fiction. This collection of brand new essays demonstrates a variety of critical approaches to Cormier's work, including his best-known novels and lesser-studied texts. It offers an accessible examination of the author's considerable impact on children's literature"--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230313316
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/15/2017
Series:	New Casebooks , #37
Edition description:	2012
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

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.
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.

Table of Contents

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.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

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

Editorial Reviews

"Offers diverse perspectives on Cormier's oeuvre and gives the reader many ways into his work." - Janet Kaufman, University of Utah
"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

From the Publisher