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John Marsden
Darkness, Shadow, and Light
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2010
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A master storyteller, John Marsden is Australia's best known writer for young adults. Marsden first found success with the publication of So Much To Tell You. Since then he has gone on to publish many popular and well-recognized titles, including those in the Tomorrow Series and The Ellie Chronicles. In his books, Marsden explores adolescents caught in a world of opposites, of innocence and guilt, idealism and realism, and joy and despair.
Marsden's world view and his faith in adolescents serve as the backdrop for John Noell Moore's critical readings of Marsden's major novels. In John Marsden: Darkness, Shadow, and Light, Moore investigates the full spectrum of Marsden's work, beginning with the author's life as a teacher and writer. Throughout the book, Moore weaves together Marsden's recurring themes, chief among them writing and storytelling as ways of constructing identity in the transition from childhood to adulthood and the ability of young adults to endure hardships and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. The book is a valuable addition to the current scholarship on young adult literature and will be welcomed by middle and high school English teachers and students alike.
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Edition
1/2010
Copyright Year
2010
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5478-9
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-7743-6
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
186
Product Type
Monograph
Table of contents
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Acknowledgments No access
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Chapter 1. Marsden on Fiction: Unmasking Reality No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 2. Faces and Fears: The Search for Identity in So Much to Tell You No access Pages 15 - 28
Chapter 3. Self-discovery in Take My Word for It: A Sequel to So Much to Tell You No access Pages 29 - 40
Chapter 4. Writing in the Dark: Letters from the Inside No access Pages 41 - 54
Chapter 5. The Music of the Dark Angel: Dear Miffy No access Pages 55 - 68
Chapter 6. The Great Gatenby: Humor and the Adolescent Male No access Pages 69 - 80
Chapter 7. The Journey: The Quest Without and the Quest Within No access Pages 81 - 100
Chapter 8. Checkers: The Political Novel No access Pages 101 - 114
Chapter 9. Out of Time: The Postmodern Novel No access Pages 115 - 136
Chapter 10. The Tomorrow Series: A Modern Epic for Young Adults No access Pages 137 - 162
Chapter 11. Marsden’s Hamlet: The Dark Prince No access Pages 163 - 172
Chapter 12. A Final Word No access Pages 173 - 174
