Reading the Adolescent Romance: Sweet Valley High and the Popular Young Adult Romance Novel

ISBN-13: 9781138548046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 204 str.

Amy Pattee

Opis

In this critical study, Pattee examines the series’ content, structure, and reader base, investigating an influential marketing and literary phenomenon, and interrogating the intersecting influences of history, audience positioning, and readability that allowed "Sweet Valley" to flourish, and continues to allow other teen series to enjoy popular acclaim.

Spis treści

Selected Contents: Introduction  1: Now Entering Sweet Valley, California: The Evolution of Young Adult Literature and the "Sweet Valley High" Series  2: A Political Map of Sweet Valley, California: The Ideological Content of Francine Pascal’s Series  3: A Physical Map of Sweet Valley, California: The Literary Landscape of "Sweet Valley High"  4: The Readers’ Text(s): Reading and Re-Reading "Sweet Valley High"  5: The "New" Sweet Valley High  6: The Legacy of "Sweet Valley High"  Notes  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Amy S. Pattee is an Associate Professor of Library and Information Science at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she teaches children’s and young adult literature in both the library school and in a dual degree program affiliated with Simmons College’s Center for the Study of Children’s Literature.