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Caroline Cooney: Faith and Fiction: Studies in Young Adult Literature

Autor Pamela Sissi Carroll
en Limba Engleză Hardback – sep 2001
Cooney's large body of work for adolescents defies easy classification. She has written award-winning adventure, suspense, romance, family, mystery, and historical fiction, as well as action-driven horror stories and a time-travel trilogy. Her purpose in some books, most notably horror like The Perfume, is just to encourage reluctant readers to enjoy literature. However, in her most serious and artistic books, Cooney relies on a source that is likely to surprise her readers: biblical stories and parables. For example, readers can find the seed of the idea that eventually became Whatever Happened to Janie in the story of King Solomon's wisdom when he was asked to decide which of two women, both of whom claimed to be mother of an infant, should be recognized as the true mother. The parable of the Good Samaritan provides a backdrop in several of Cooney's most successful novels. Cooney's understated use of biblical stories, and the way her Christian faith subtly informs her fiction, are explored in the book.

The organization of the text reflects Cooney's major fiction categories: the "Janie" mysteries, romances, catastrophe novels, horror and suspense novels, the time travel trilogy, and her historical fiction. Representative books are discussed in detail within each chapter. Although most of the text is devoted to critical analysis of her literary work, and of the intersection of fiction and faith in her novels, Cooney's biography is also presented within the frame of her life as a single mother of grown children.

The influences of her talents as an organist who played regularly for her church, the lessons she has learned from her children when they were teenagers, and life experiences that have led her to consider issues of race and gender, are examples of issues that are discussed.

For children's and YA libraries and students of children's literature.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780810840683
ISBN-10: 0810840685
Pagini: 138
Dimensiuni: 138 x 220 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Ediția:0144
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Scarecrow Press
Seria Studies in Young Adult Literature

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Chapter 1 1 "I Love Books": The Life and Art of Caroline B. Cooney
Chapter 2 2 "I Remember": The Janie Mysteries
Chapter 3 3 "Face the Music": Love, Action, and Adventure Romances
Chapter 4 4 "I Was Brave Enough": Catastrophe Novels
Chapter 5 5 "I'm Waiting for You": Horror and Suspense Novels
Chapter 6 6 "Wish I Had Been There": Time-Travel Novels
Chapter 7 7 "Mercy Knew the Lord": Ambiguities in Faith and In Family Relationships in The Ransom of Mercy Carter
Chapter 8 Bibliography
Chapter 9 Index
Chapter 10 About the Author

Recenzii

Thorough, scholarly, and balanced...will prepare young adults for identifying patterns in more complicated works. This book is a great source for composing booktalks, a helpful teaching tool for language arts teachers, and a strong addition to any young adult reference shelf.