| Passions and Pleasures: Essays and Speeches about Literature and Libraries Contributor(s): Cart, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0810856298 ISBN-13: 9780810856295 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $75.05 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2007 Annotation: Michael Cart is probably the most prominent spokesperson and authority on young adult literature in the U.S. He is the past president of both YALSA and ALAN, teaches YA Lit at UCLA, writes a literary criticism column, Cart Blanche, for ALA Booklist, and travels and speaks widely. This book is a collection of some of his favorite essays that will appeal to students and teachers of adolescent literature courses as well as to fans of his writing. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature |
| Dewey: 810.992 |
| LCCN: 2006035646 |
| Series: Scarecrow Studies in Young Adult Literature |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.96" W x 8.74" (0.97 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Passions and Pleasures: Essays and Speeches About Literature and Libraries is a collection of Michael Cart's favorite columns and speeches about young adult literature, how he has observed and participated in the growth of the genre, the changes it has undergone, and what he sees as its future. He talks about the importance of young adult literature in helping teens to navigate through the tough teen years, believing that books can change individual lives if they "constitute realistic literature inhabited by complex characters whose lives, both exterior and interior, invite us to not only empathize but to also think." Cart's seventeen essays and speeches discuss the current state of YA literature; the work of pioneers like Robert Lipsyte and Robert Cormier who provided thought-provoking, realistic fiction; why librarians and other educators should embrace the graphic novel; the evolution of GLBTQ fiction, why he believes that young lives are at stake, and how literature can help these young people; and why he loves libraries and librarians. His concluding essays are devoted to remembering champions of young people, like Robert Cormier, William Morris, and Michael Printz. This is a wonderfully engaging read for anyone who is interested in young adult literature and wants to learn about its roots, its evolution, and the people who pioneered it and continue to champion it today. |