AustLit
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'A master storyteller, John Marsden is Australia's best known writer for young adults. Marsden first found success with the publication of So Much To Tell You. Since then he has gone on to publish many popular and well-recognized titles, including those in the Tomorrow Series and The Ellie Chronicles. In his books, Marsden explores adolescents caught in a world of opposites, of innocence and guilt, idealism and realism, and joy and despair. Marsden's world view and his faith in adolescents serve as the backdrop for John Noell Moore's critical readings of Marsden's major novels. In John Marsden: Darkness, Shadow, and Light, Moore investigates the full spectrum of Marsden's work, beginning with the author's life as a teacher and writer. Throughout the book, Moore weaves together Marsden's recurring themes, chief among them writing and storytelling as ways of constructing identity in the transition from childhood to adulthood and the ability of young adults to endure hardships and overcome seemingly insurmountable odds' (Publisher blurb).
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Latham,
Albany,
New York (State),
c
United States of America (USA),c
Americas,:Scarecrow Press
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.- Marsden on Fiction : Unmasking Reality, single work criticism (p. 1-14)
- Faces and Fears : The Search for Identity in So Much to Tell You, single work criticism (p. 15-28)
- Writing in the Dark : Letters from the Inside, single work criticism (p. 29-40)
- The Music of the Dark Angel : Dear Miffy, single work criticism (p. 55-68)
- The Great Gatenby : Humor and the Adolescent Male, single work criticism (p. 69-80)
- The Journey : The Quest Without and the Quest Within, single work criticism (p. 81-100)
- Checkers : The Political Novel, single work criticism (p. 101-114)
- Out of Time : The Postmodern Novel, single work criticism (p. 115-136)
- The Tomorrow Series : A Modern Epic for Young Adults, single work criticism (p. 137-162)
- Marsden's Hamlet : The Dark Prince, single work criticism (p. 163-172)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: American Reference Books Annual : 2011 Edition, Volume 42 2011; (p. 406)
— Review of John Marsden : Darkness, Shadow, and Light 2011 multi chapter work criticism
-
Untitled
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: American Reference Books Annual : 2011 Edition, Volume 42 2011; (p. 406)
— Review of John Marsden : Darkness, Shadow, and Light 2011 multi chapter work criticism
Last amended 17 Jul 2014 16:20:49
Common subjects:
Export this record