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" Names and naming in young adult literature / "
Alleen Pace Nilsen, Don L.F. Nilsen.
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BL
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1018372
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b772742
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| Main Entry
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Nilsen, Alleen Pace.
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| Title & Author
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Names and naming in young adult literature /\ Alleen Pace Nilsen, Don L.F. Nilsen.
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| Publication Statement
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Lanham, Md. :: Scarecrow Press,, 2007.
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| Series Statement
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Scarecrow studies in young adult literature ;; 27
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xvi, 173 pages ;; 23 cm.
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0810858088
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: 9780810858084
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-165) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction: Names and naming in young adult literature -- Names for fun: M.E. Kerr, Gary Paulsen, Louis Sachar, and Polly Horvath -- Names to establish tone and mode: Robert Cormier and Francesca Lia Block -- Names to establish time periods: Karen Cushman and her historical novels -- Names to establish realistic settings: Gary Soto, Adam Rapp, Meg Rosoff, and Scott Card, and Ursula K. LeGuin -- Names to reveal ethnic values: Amy Tan, Sandra Cisneros, Maya Angelou, Cynthia Kadohata, Sherman Alexie, and others -- Names to build a dual audience: Daniel Handler and the Lemony Snicket books -- Names as memory hooks: J.K. Rowling and the Harry Potter books -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the authors.
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"Names and Naming in Young Adult Literature shows how authors of young adult literature use the creation of names for people, places, events, inventions, animals, and imaginary concepts as one of their most important literary techniques. Chapters address how authors use names to touch readers' emotions, reveal ethnic values and differences, create other worlds, and establish tone. Other chapters focus on authors' use of names to help readers remember who's who, such as J.K. Rowling in the Harry Potter series, or communicate separate messages to adults and young readers, as exemplified by Daniel Handler in the Lemony Snicket books."
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"Names in one book can lead readers to make similar observations about names and naming when they read other books. Studying name choice is a wonderful first step in introducing readers to the concept of literary criticism as pleasurable and informative. Public and school librarians, college instructors of young adult literature, teachers of creative writing, high school English teachers, and anyone else who is interested in young adult literature will find this book valuable and engaging."--Jacket.
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Characters and characteristics in literature.
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Names in literature.
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Names, Personal, in literature.
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Young adult literature, American-- History and criticism.
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Young adult literature, English-- History and criticism.
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Benennung
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Characters and characteristics in literature.
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Handlung
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Jugendliteratur
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Literarische Gestalt
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Name
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Namengebung
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Names in literature.
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Names, Personal, in literature.
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Personnamn i litteraturen.
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Schauplatz
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Ungdomsböcker.
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Young adult literature, American.
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Young adult literature, English.
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Name.
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| Dewey Classification
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810.9/9283
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PS490.N57 2007
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Nilsen, Don Lee Fred.
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