Mary Ellen Snodgrass

Walter Dean Myers

A Literary Companion

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Walter Dean Myers, preeminent author of teen fiction biography and verse, refines the image of black characters that are frequently trivialized or vilified in juvenile literature, advertising, television, and film. From his saga The Glory Field to his novel The Young Landlords, Myers's canon surveys the complex realm of the teen years as colliding settings in home, school, and the street. This volume introduces readers to both the writer and his work, with an emphasis on the characters, dates, events, motifs, and themes from the books. Myers's 101 A-to-Z entries offer concise, analytical discussion on all topics and include generous citations from primary and secondary sources. Each entry concludes with a selected bibliography on such subjects as segregation, Malcolm X, urbanism, writing, metafiction, drugs and alcohol, slavery, and the Vietnam War. Appendices offer a timeline of historical events in Myers's writings and forty topics for group or individual projects, oral analysis, background material, and theme development. A map of Harlem (where many of the stories are set), genealogical diagrams for characters, and an author chronology contribute to a comprehensive presentation.

Produktdetails

• McFarland Literary Companions Nr.4
• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 601g
• ISBN-13: 9780786424566
• ISBN-10: 0786424567
• Artikelnr.: 22232613

Autorenporträt

Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of English and Latin textbooks and reference works for 35 years. She taught at Hickory High School and Lenoir Rhyne University in North Carolina for 23 years. Her writing focuses on women's and world literature and history and general research topics, including epidemics, the history of money, clothing, food, and dance. She lives in Hickory, North Carolina.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Introduction     
Chronology of Myers's Life and Works     
Myers's Genealogy     
Walter Dean Myers: A Literary Companion     
Appendix A: Time Line of Historical and Fictional Events in Myers's Works
     
Appendix B: Writing and Research Topics     
Bibliography     
Index