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Using the figure of the monster as an interpretive lens across a wide range of fiction, this book shows how young adult fiction contributes to the cultural conversation by offering new ways of thinking about climate change and definitions of citizenship.
A rich exploration of YA literature as a category of books.
offers some provocative nuggets
The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction is a strong introduction to some of the most pressing issues in contemporary YA speculative fiction. It is balanced, carefully argued, and unafraid to deal with difficult topics.
Professor Williams is a Clinical Professor in Liberal Studies at New York University. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Paris Review, Brevity, and The Common; she has published widely on children's literature and US women's writing, including her book Not in Sisterhood. With Cyrus RK Patell, she is co-editor of The Oxford History of the Novel in English, Volume Eight: US Literature Since 1940.
A rich exploration of YA literature as a category of books.
offers some provocative nuggets
The Necessity of Young Adult Fiction is a strong introduction to some of the most pressing issues in contemporary YA speculative fiction. It is balanced, carefully argued, and unafraid to deal with difficult topics.
Professor Williams is a Clinical Professor in Liberal Studies at New York University. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, Paris Review, Brevity, and The Common; she has published widely on children's literature and US women's writing, including her book Not in Sisterhood. With Cyrus RK Patell, she is co-editor of The Oxford History of the Novel in English, Volume Eight: US Literature Since 1940.