1st Edition
Reading the Adolescent Romance Sweet Valley High and the Popular Young Adult Romance Novel
By Amy Pattee
Copyright 2011
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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Reading the Adolescent Romance provides an exhaustive study of the developments in young adult literature since the 1980s with a focus on Francine Pascal’s "Sweet Valley High" series, which has become a cultural and literary touchstone for both fans and critics of the novels. Pattee carefully examines the series’ content, structure, and readers, allowing her to investigate an influential... Read more
I. The Landscape of Sweet Valley 1. The Evolution of Young Adult Literature and the "Sweet Valley High" Series 2. The Political Landscape of "Sweet Valley High" 3. The Literary Landscape of "Sweet Valley High" II. Visiting Sweet Valley 4. The Readers' Text: Remembering Sweet Valley 5. The Readers' Text: Leaving Sweet Valley III. Razing and Re-Developing Sweet Valley 6. The "New" Sweet Valley High 7. The Legacy of Sweet Valley High
Biography
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.
