TY  - BOOK
AU  - Reid,Suzanne Elizabeth
TI  - Presenting Cynthia Voigt
T2  - Twayne's United States authors series
SN  - 0805782192 (alk. paper)
AV  - PS3572.O33 Z85 1995
U1  - 813/.54 20
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New York, London
PB  - Twayne Publishers, Prentice Hall International
KW  - Voigt, Cynthia
KW  - Voight, Cynthia.
KW  - Young adult fiction, American
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Youth
KW  - Books and reading
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - American literature
KW  - English fiction
N1  - Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-130) and index; 1. Cynthia Voigt: Adventurer Beneath the Surface -- 2. Looking Beneath the Tip of the Iceberg: Defining the Self (The Callender Papers, Tell Me If the Lovers Are Losers) -- 3. Reaching Out, Holding On, and Letting Go: Self-Development in Cynthia Voigt's Tillerman Series (Homecoming, Dicey's Song, A Solitary Blue, The Runner, Come a Stranger, Sons from Afar, Seventeen Against the Dealer) -- 4. Learning to Live: Ways of Knowing (Izzy, Willy-Nilly, Building Blocks, Tree by Leaf, The Vandemark Mummy) -- 5. Heroic Ventures (Jackaroo, On Fortune's Wheel, The Wings of a Falcon) -- 6. Daring to Live Authentically (David and Jonathan, Glass Mountain, Orfe, When She Hollers) -- 7. Voigt's Essential Ideas: A Thematic Overview; Also issued online
N2  - In this first book-length introduction to the writer and her work, Suzanne Elizabeth Reid presents a finely crafted analysis of the complexities of plot, character, language, and theme distinguishing Voigt's fiction. Writing in an accessible style, Reid commences with an intriguing biographical sketch that draws on a rare, unpublished interview. Subsequent chapters then examine each of the published works, grouped by the central motifs Reid identifies in Voigt's fiction: defining the self; reaching out, holding on, and letting go; ways of knowing; heroic ventures; and daring to live authentically. A closing chapter, "Voigt's Essential Ideas," synthesizes and crystallizes the elements that make this writer one of the most gifted voices in young adult literature today; Presenting Cynthia Voigt provides an engaging resource for middle and high school students and their teachers; librarians; and college and graduate students of young adult literature. Complementing the volume are a chronology, notes and references, selected bibliography, and index, as well as photographs
UR  - http://www.archive.org/details/presentingcynthi00reid
UR  - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1117997M
ER  -