Passions and Pleasures : Essays and Speeches About Literature and Libraries Hardback
by Michael Cart
Part of the Studies in Young Adult Literature series
Hardback
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Passions and Pleasures: Essays and Speeches About Literature and Libraries is a collection of Michael Cart's favorite columns and speeches about young adult literature, how he has observed and participated in the growth of the genre, the changes it has undergone, and what he sees as its future.
He talks about the importance of young adult literature in helping teens to navigate through the tough teen years, believing that books can change individual lives if they "constitute realistic literature inhabited by complex characters whose lives, both exterior and interior, invite us to not only empathize but to also think." Cart's seventeen essays and speeches discuss the current state of YA literature; the work of pioneers like Robert Lipsyte and Robert Cormier who provided thought-provoking, realistic fiction; why librarians and other educators should embrace the graphic novel; the evolution of GLBTQ fiction, why he believes that young lives are at stake, and how literature can help these young people; and why he loves libraries and librarians.
His concluding essays are devoted to remembering champions of young people, like Robert Cormier, William Morris, and Michael Printz.
This is a wonderfully engaging read for anyone who is interested in young adult literature and wants to learn about its roots, its evolution, and the people who pioneered it and continue to champion it today.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date:21/02/2007
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- ISBN:9780810856295
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Item not Available
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Scarecrow Press
- Publication Date:21/02/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780810856295
