Young adult literature: from romance to realism

Part 1: That was then. From Sue Barton to the sixties ; The sixties and seventies ; The eighties ; The early nineties ; The rest of the nineties

Part 2: This is now. A new literature for a new millennium? ; A critical apparatus ; Genre on the agenda ; Romancing the retail ; So, how old is young adult? ; Meanwhile, back in the real world ; Reality revisited ; Sex and other shibboleths ; Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender+ Literature ; Still the controversies continue ; The viz biz ; The new nonfiction ; Of books and bytes

Appendix: The astonishing life of Octavian Nothing, traitor to the nation : a close reading.

From Sue Barton to the sixties

The sixties and seventies

The eighties : something old, something new

The early nineties

The rest of the nineties

A new literature for a new millennium?

Genre on the agenda

Romancing the retail

So, how adult is young adult?

Meanwhile, back in the real world

Reality redux

Sex and other shibboleths

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature

Still the controversies continue

The viz biz

The new nonfiction

Of books and bytes.