The Adolescent Novel: Australian Perspectives
Australian Perspectives

This book is a pioneering study of the modern Australian novel: defining the genre; tracing its development; explaining some of its principal features; discussing the characteristics of adolescent novels written in the past three decades.

This book is a pioneering study of the modern Australian novel: defining the genre; tracing its development; explaining some of its principal features; discussing the characteristics of adolescent novels written in the past three decades; and exploring ways in which Australian adolescent novels may be seen to offer something different from works published elsewhere, to be specifically 'Australian'. Part 2 comprises essays on fifteen authors, all of whom are indisputably important in the development of the Australian adolescent novel. This book will be of interest to teacher librarians, tertiary students, teachers and senior students in high schools, children's/youth librarians, parents and all those who are interested in contemporary writing for young Australians.

Part 1 The Australian Adolescent Novel: The Modern Adolescent Novel
The Australian Modern Adolescent Novel
Australian Adolescent Literature in the 1990s. Part 2 Fifteen of its Creators: James Aldridge, Larrikins and the Price of Freedom
Alan Baillie, Extending Horizons
Isobelle Carmody, Myth Maker
Brian Caswell, Cartographer of the Future
Gary Crew, Explorer of the Dark Side
Victor Kelleher, Searcher for Peace
Robin Klein, Seeing Beyond the Obvious
Caroline Macdonald, Future to Present
John Marsden, Fighting On
James Moloney, Champion of the Underdog
Eleanor Nilsson, Unsettling Incongruities,'
Gillian Rubinstein, Playing the Game of Life
Ivan Southall, Scribe of the Adolescent Journey
Nadia Wheatley, A Perspective Lent by Time
Patricia Wrightson, Spirits in their Own Land.