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Melvin Burgess has made a powerful name for himself in the world of children''s and young adult literature, emerging in the 1990s as the author of over twenty critically acclaimed novels.This collection of original essays by a team of established and new scholars introduces readers to the key debates surrounding Burgess''s most challenging work, including controversial young adult novels and Doing It . Covering a variety of critical and theoretical perspectives, the volume also presents exciting new readings of some of his less familiar fiction for children, and features an interview with the author.>
List of contents
Series Editor's Preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; A.Waller
PART I: CONTROVERSY AND THE CULTURAL CONTEXT
1. 'One of the Boys'? Writing Sex for Teenagers in 'Doing It'; Chris Richards
2. 'Keeping it Real': The Debate for Boyhood and its Representations in 'Doing It' and 'Kill All Enemies'; Michele Gill
3. The Girl and the Streets: Postfeminist Identities in 'Junk', 'Doing It', and 'Sara's Face'; Joel Gwynne
PART II: FORM, STYLE, GENRE 4. Beyond Face Value: Playing the Game with 'Sara's Face'; Kay Sambell
5. Dystopian Worlds and Ethical Subjectivities in 'Bloodtide' and 'Bloodsong'; Robyn McCallum and John Stephens
6. Transformation, Text and Genre in 'The Birdman'; M.Gibson
PART III: HUMAN AND ANIMAL IDENTITIES
7. Borderland: The Animal World of Melvin Burgess; Peter Hollindale
8. 'You Know What I Mean': The Development of Relationships between Socially Isolated Characters in 'An Angel for May, 'Loving April', and 'The Ghost Behind the Wall'; Pat Pinsent
9. Challenging the Paradigm: Examining 'The Baby and Fly Pie' and 'The Earth Giant' through Ecocriticism; Karen Williams
PART IV: TELLING STORIES
10. Found Fiction: An Interview with Melvin Burgess; Alison Wallerand Melvin Burgess
Further Reading
Index.
About the author
Alison Waller
