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V. C. Andrews: A Critical Companion
Edelma D. Huntley
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Description for V. C. Andrews: A Critical Companion
Hardback. This analysis of the work of V.C. Andrews examines topics such as plot, thematic development and generic conventions. Coverage includes "Flowers in the Attic" and the "Dollanganger Chronicles", as well as the novels written under her name by Andrew Niederman after her death in 1986. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 168 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
This is the first full-length study of the work of gothic novelist V.C. Andrews. Andrews's ability to create adolescent characters who are caught uncomfortably between childhood and adulthood has won her millions of teenage readers. She focuses on the female adolescent experience and connects with her readers by creating characters who reflect adolescent struggles, confusion, and pain. Huntley shows that the power of Andrews's novels lies in her creation of an enthralling nightmare world, like a fairy tale gone berserk, in which the young heroine struggles with adolescent fears and frustrations in suddenly dangerous and bizarre domestic settings. Huntley locates ... Read more
This is the first full-length study of the work of gothic novelist V.C. Andrews. Andrews's ability to create adolescent characters who are caught uncomfortably between childhood and adulthood has won her millions of teenage readers. She focuses on the female adolescent experience and connects with her readers by creating characters who reflect adolescent struggles, confusion, and pain. Huntley shows that the power of Andrews's novels lies in her creation of an enthralling nightmare world, like a fairy tale gone berserk, in which the young heroine struggles with adolescent fears and frustrations in suddenly dangerous and bizarre domestic settings. Huntley locates ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Series
Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780313294488
SKU
V9780313294488
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About Edelma D. Huntley
E. D. HUNTLEY is Professor of English and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. In addition to her administrative duties, she teaches courses in drama and women's studies. Currently she is preparing a two-volume anthology of Native American plays and First Nations: A Research Guide to Native American Drama.
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