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The Adolescent Novel: Australian perspectives

Maureen Nimon and John Foster

Literature and Literacy for Young People 2

The writing is forceful, backed up by an impressive knowledge of the body of literature and provides a basis for further research and reference that is to be applauded.
Viewpoint

An insightful resource that outlines trends and clarifies issues that teacher librarians are constantly struggling with in relation to selecting for, and maintaining, an adolescent fiction collection.
Access

An extremely useful and timely critique of young adult literature in Australia.
Classroom Resource Reviews

This book is a pioneering study of the modern Australian novel: defining the genre; tracing its development; explaining some of its principal features; discussing the characteristics of adolescent novels written in the past three decades; and exploring ways in which Australian adolescent novels may be seen to offer something different from works published elsewhere, to be specifically 'Australian'. Part 2 comprises essays on fifteen authors, all of whom are indisputably important in the development of the Australian adolescent novel. This book will be of interest to teacher librarians, tertiary students, teachers and senior students in high schools, children's/youth librarians, parents and all those who are interested in contemporary writing for young Australians.

ISBN 0 949060 41 0
ISBN-13: 978 0949060 41 9
June 1997
248 pages  244 x 172mm  paperback  
£18.95 / US$30.00 / €25.00

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Contents

PART 1 THE AUSTRALIAN ADOLESCENT NOVEL
PART 2 FIFTEEN OF ITS CREATORS

PART 1 THE AUSTRALIAN ADOLESCENT NOVEL

The Modern Adolescent Novel
 - Introduction
 - The Adolescent Novel in the Last Decade of the Twentieth Century
 - Literature for Young Adults
 - The Australian Adolescent Novel
 - Summary

The Australian Modern Adolescent Novel
 - Introduction
 - The Australian Adolescent Novel
 - Australian Landscapes
 - Australian Myths
 - 'True Australians'
 - Summary

Australian Adolescent Literature in the 1990s
 - Introduction
 - The Problematic Audience
 - Changing Content
 - Violence
 - Sexuality
 - Multiculturalism
 - Shifting Paradigms
 - Evolving Forms
 - Conclusion

Part 1 Bibliography

PART 2 FIFTEEN OF ITS CREATORS

James Aldridge 'Larrikins and the Price of Freedom'

Alan Baillie 'Extending Horizons'

Isobelle Carmody 'Myth Maker'

Brian Caswell 'Cartographer of the Future'

Gary Crew 'Explorer of the Dark Side'

Victor Kelleher 'Searcher for Peace'

Robin Klein 'Seeing Beyond the Obvious'

Caroline Macdonald 'Future to Present'

John Marsden 'Fighting On'

James Moloney 'Champion of the Underdog'

Eleanor Nilsson 'Unsettling Incongruities'

Gillian Rubinstein 'Playing the Game of Life'

Ivan Southall 'Scribe of the Adolescent Journey'

Nadia Wheatley 'A Perspective Lent by Time'

Patricia Wrightson 'Spirits in their Own Land'