Research Catalog

Title

Presenting Cynthia Voigt / Suzanne Elizabeth Reid.

Author

Reid, Suzanne Elizabeth.

Publication

New York, NY : Twayne, [1995], ©1995.

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Description

xv, 133 pages : illustrations; 22 cm.

Summary

• 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 Writing in an accessible style, Reid commences with an intriguing biographical sketch that draws on a rare, unpublished interview.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.

Series Statement

Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 643

Uniform Title

• Twayne's United States authors series. Young adult authors.
• Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 643.

Subjects

• Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism
• Voigt, Cynthia > Criticism and interpretation

Note

• Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

ISBN

0805782192

LCCN

94044197

OCLC

ocm31606570

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries