Coming of Age

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-1-4298-3731-6
Verlag: Salem Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Hardback

Reihe: Critical Insights

<p><strong>Great starting point for students seeking an introduction to the theme and the critical discussions surrounding it<strong>. </p> <p>Coming of age has been one of the great themes of literature for over two thousand years. From the maturation of Telemachus in <em>The Odyssey</em> to the stunted adolescence of Holden Caufield in <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>, it has spanned eras, countries, and cultures. It is the theme of every young person's life, and adolescence a time many adults look back on as one of the most formative periods of their lives. </p> <p>Edited by Kent Baxter, Associate Professor of English at California State University, Northridge, this volume in the Critical Insights series presents a variety of new essays on the perennial theme. For readers who are studying it for the first time, a four essays survey the critical conversation regarding the theme, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offer close and comparative readings of key texts in the genre. Readers seeking a deeper understanding of the theme can then move on to other essays that explore it in depth through a variety of critical approaches. Works discussed include <em>Romeo and Juliet; Little Women; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man; …and the earth did not devour him; Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian; Jane Eyre; The Catcher in the Rye; </em> and <em>The Odyssesy</em>. Among the contributors are Vincent Cheng, Gregory Eiselein, Jane Hedley, Heather James, and Steven Mintz. </p> <p>Rounding out the volume are a list of literary works not mentioned in the book that concern the theme of coming of age and as well as a bibliography of critical sources for readers seeking to study this timeless theme in greater depth. </p>

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