Bringing Light to Twilight
Subtitle: Perspectives on a Pop Culture Phenomenon
By: Edited by Giselle Liza Anatol
Contributors: Kramar, Margaret
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780230110670
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; American Young adult fiction; LITERARY CRITICISM / Gothic & Romance; Vampires in literature; History and criticism; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors
Description: "Stephenie Meyer's Twilight series has met with astonishing commercial success--not just amongst adolescent girls, but with college students, middle-aged women, and writers and publishers who hope to capitalize on the author's achievements by tapping into a primed market. For all of these reasons, it becomes a vital enterprise to investigate the themes of the Twilight books and the ways they encourage readers to perceive and interact with the world around them. The essays in this collection approach Meyer's novels from diverse perspectives, and will be of interest to academic and lay readers alike: undergraduates and graduate students; instructors of young adult literature, contemporary U.S. writing, the Gothic, and popular culture; the myriad Twilight fans who seek to explore and re-explore the novels from a variety of angles"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-240) and index.