Jacqueline Wilson

Over the last 20 years, Jacqueline Wilson has published well over 100 titles and has become firmly established in the landscape of Children''s Literature. She has written for all ages, from picture books for young readers to young adult fiction and tackles a wide variety of controversial topics, such as child abuse, mental illness and bereavement. Although she has received some criticism for presenting difficult and seemingly ''adult'' topics to children, she remains overwhelmingly popular among her audience and has won numerous prizes selected by children, such as the Smarties Book Prize. This collection of newly commissioned essays explores Wilson''s literature from all angles. The essays cover not only the content and themes of Wilson''s writing, but also her success as a publishing phenomenon and the branding of her books. Issues of gender roles and child/carer relationships are examined alongside Wilson''s writing style and use of techniques such as the unreliable narrator. The book also features an interview with Jacqueline Wilson herself, where she discusses the challenges of writing social realism for young readers and how her writing has changed over her lengthy career.>

Product details

• Authors: Lucy Pearson
• Assisted by: Lucy Pearson (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781137380968
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38096-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: New Casebooks; New Casebooks (Paperback); New Casebooks; New Casebooks (Paperback)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; B, History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's Literature, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form