Animals in Young Adult Fiction ISBN: 9780810869424 Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / Scarecrow Press, Incorporated Digital rights:Users: Unlimited; Printing: Limited; Download: 7 Days at a Time Subjects: Literature;
Of the many themes occurring in young adult literature, one that bears more extensive exploration is the adolescent-animal connection. Although substantial critical commentary has addressed children's animal stories and animals in adult fiction, very few studies have been devoted to adolescent-animal encounters. In Animals in Young Adult Fiction, Walter Hogan examines several hundred novels and stories to explore the ways in which animals are represented in these works. In additional to providing an historical survey, Hogan looks at both realistic fiction and speculative works, including fantasy, supernatural, horror, and science fiction. Hogan reviews stories that feature wild animal encounters, stories centered on relationships with horses, dogs, and other working and performing animals, and those featuring relationships with pets. Drawing upon established scholarship, this book examines human-animal relationships from multiple angles, making it an invaluable resource for librarians, teachers, and students of children's and young adult literature.
Walter Hogan is professor and librarian at East Michigan University. He is the author of Humor in Young Adult Literature: A Time to Laugh (Scarecrow Press, 2005) and The Agony & the Eggplant: Daniel Pinkwater's Heroic Struggles in the Name of YA Literature (Scarecrow Press, 2001).
