Is Adolescent Literature in Its Adolescence?.

Appleby, Bruce C.

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Publication Date: 1989

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Is Adolescent Literature in Its Adolescence?

Appleby, Bruce C.

ALAN Review, v17 n1 p40-45 Fall 1989

Examines the history and psychology of adolescence, and of the adolescent and reading. Reviews research done by Victor Nell, who looks at the characteristics of the dedicated and absorbed reader. Asserts that teachers can benefit from an understanding of the psychology of teaching literature to adolescents. (MG)

Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Educational History, English Curriculum, Puberty, Reader Text Relationship, Reading Attitudes, Reading Processes, Secondary Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Information Analyses; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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