Young adult literature : from romance to realism / Michael Cart.
Material type: TextPublisher: Chicago : Neal-Schuman, 2016Edition: Third editionDescription: 1 online resource (xii, 310 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780838914762
- 0838914764
- 9780838914755
- 0838914756
- Young adult fiction, American -- History and criticism
- Young adult literature -- History and criticism
- Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States
- Teenagers in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General
- Teenagers -- Books and reading
- Teenagers in literature
- Young adult fiction, American
- Young adult literature
- United States
- 813.009/92837 23
- PS374.Y57 C37 2016
Includes bibliographical references and index.
""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Part One. That Was Then""; ""1. From Sue Barton to the Sixties""; ""2. The Sixties and Seventies""; ""3. The Eighties : Something Old, Something New""; ""4. The Early Nineties""; ""5. The Rest of the Nineties""; ""Part Two. This Is Now""; ""6. A New Literature for a New Millennium?""; ""7. Genre on the Agenda""; ""8. Romancing the Retail""; ""9. So, How Adult Is Young Adult?""; ""10. Meanwhile, Back in the Real World""; ""11. Reality Redux""; ""12. Sex and Other Shibboleths""
""13. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Literature""""14. Still the Controversies Continue""; ""15. The Viz Biz""; ""16. The New Nonfiction""; ""17. Of Books and Bytes""; ""References""; ""Appendix""; ""About the Author""
Cart's up-to-date coverage makes this the perfect resource for YA librarians who want to sharpen their readers' advisory skills, educators and teachers who work with young people, and anyone else who wants to understand where YA lit has been and where it's heading.
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2018).
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