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Item Details
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MELVIN BURGESS
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| By: |
Alison Waller |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£20.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1137262796 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781137262790 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2013 |
| Series: |
New Casebooks |
| Pages: |
232 |
| Description: |
This edited collection presents new essays on Melvin Burgess and an interview with the author, introducing readers to the debates surrounding his work and status as an author of controversial young adult fiction. The volume outlines existing critical approaches to his fiction and showcases innovative developments in children's literature studies. |
| Synopsis: |
Melvin Burgess has made a powerful name for himself in the world of children's and young adult literature, emerging in the 1990s as the author of over twenty critically acclaimed novels. This collection of original essays by a team of established and new scholars introduces readers to the key debates surrounding Burgess's most challenging work, including controversial young adult novels Junk and Doing It. Covering a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives, the volume also presents exciting new readings of some of his less familiar fiction for children, and features an interview with the author. |
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232 p. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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