Beyond the pale
Subtitle: new essays for a new era
By: Marc Aronson.
Series: Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ;; 9
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 145
Subjects: Young adult literature, American -- History and criticism; Young adults -- Books and reading -- United States; Teenagers -- Books and reading -- United States; Pluralism (Social sciences) -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Slippery slopes and proliferating prizes; title: Responses to my critics, the claims of principle and of history; title: What good is art, now?; title: Of camels and needle's eyes : art and young readers; title: Puritans and fundamentalists, a prolegomena; title: Puritans and fundamentalists, an exploration; title: The crucible, witch-hunt, and religion : crossing point of many histories; title: Biography and its perils; title: The pursuit of happiness; title: Teenagers don't want to read about teen angst, so why are so many angst-filled books published?; title: What is a ya book, anyway; title: Why adults can't read boy readers; title: Woke up, got out of bed, dragged a comb across my head; title: Am I my brother's keeper?