Reading like a girl : narrative intimacy in contemporary American young adult literature

Reading like a girl : narrative intimacy in contemporary American young adult literature / Sara K. Day.

By examining the novels of critically and commercially successful authors such as Sarah Dessen (Someone Like You), Stephenie Meyer (the Twilight series), and Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak), this book explores the use of narrative intimacy as a means of reflecting and reinforcing larger, often contrad...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Day, Sara K. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2013]
Series:Children's Literature Association series.
Subjects:
2000-2099
American fiction > 21st century > History and criticism.
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature.
Young adult literature, American > History and criticism.
Teenage girls > Books and reading > United States.
Adolescence in literature.
Girls in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Women Authors.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Adolescence in literature
American fiction
Girls in literature
Intimacy (Psychology) in literature
Teenage girls > Books and reading
Young adult literature, American
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
dissertations.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • "She Is a Creature Designed for Reading" : Narrative Intimacy and the Adolescent Woman Reader
  • "Opening Myself Like a Book to the Spine" : Disclosure and Discretion in Constructions of Friendship
  • "He Couldn't Get Close Enough" : The Exploration and Relegation of Desire
  • "She Doesn't Say a Word" : Violations and Reclamations of Intimacy
  • "What if Someone Reads It?" : Concealment and Revelation in Diary Fiction
  • "Let Me Know What You Think": Fan Fiction and the Reimagining of Narrative Intimacy.

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