Product Description: With the growing emphasis on theory in literary studies, psychoanalytic criticism has taken its place alongside other forms as an important contribution to literary interpretation. Despite its tendency to make readers uncomfortable, it offers insights into human nature, and hence is appropriate in examining a genre such as children's literature...read more

Product Description: For courses in Young Adult Literature. The eleven complete novels found here establish the historical and contemporary significance of Young Adult Literature as a subject worth careful study and discussion from a variety of viewpoints...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Shows how American teenagers lived during the twentieth century, with sections on each decade and descriptions of home life, drug use, and dating, as well as teens' tastes in movies, music, fashion, and books. (view table of contents)

Product Description: With the growing emphasis on theory in literary studies, psychoanalytic criticism has taken its place alongside other forms as an important contribution to literary interpretation. Despite its tendency to make readers uncomfortable, it offers insights into human nature, and hence is appropriate in examining a genre such as children's literature...read more

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