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008 970311s1997 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 97008271
020 $a0805740341 (hard : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aPS3562.O923$bZ64 1997
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100 1 $aChaston, Joel,$d1954-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93031542
245 10 $aLois Lowry /$cJoel D. Chaston.
260 $aNew York :$bTwayne Publishers,$c1997.
263 $a9708
300 $axiii, 153 pages :$billustrations ;$c22 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aTwayne's United States authors series ;$vTUSAS 687
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tThe Inward Eye --$gCh. 2.$tEarly Novels: Return to Autumn Street --$gCh. 3.$tAnastasia, Poet and Philosopher --$gCh. 4.$tThe Amazing Krupniks --$gCh. 5.$tCaroline and Company: In Search of Green Places --$gCh. 6.$tWhat Friends Do: Rabble Starkey, Number the Stars, and The Giver --$gCh. 7.$tA Growing Reputation.
520 $aLois Lowry is one of the most popular and widely acclaimed twentieth-century American writers of children's and young adult fiction. By the end of 1996, she had written twenty-three novels for young readers, works that include autobiographical, historical, humorous, and problem fiction. She has won almost every major award given for American children's literature, including the Boston-Globe Horn Book Award for Rabble Starkey and the Newbery Medal for both Number the Stars and The Giver.
520 8 $aMany of her twelve books about Anastasia and Sam Krupnik have dominated children's choice awards in many states and her work frequently appears on lists of best-selling children's books.
520 8 $aIn Lois Lowry, Joel D. Chaston presents the first comprehensive critical study of Lowry's work. In his first chapter, he looks at Lowry's career as a whole, from her early work as a photographer and freelance writer for publications such as the New York Times and Down East, through her discovery by a children's editor at Houghton Mifflin and her distinguished career writing for children and young adults.
520 8 $aThroughout this book, Chaston provides a careful reading and aesthetic critique of the themes, style, and structure of Lowry's books, exploring connections between them and earlier works of children's literature. Chaston's study includes careful analysis of all of Lowry's major works, including chapters devoted to Lowry's early children's books, her popular Anastasia series, her other humorous fiction, and her award-winning novels.
520 8 $aThe final chapter assesses Lowry's achievements as a writer and her impact on contemporary children's fiction.
600 10 $aLowry, Lois$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113456
650 0 $aYoung adult fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114018
650 0 $aChildren's stories, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100444
830 0 $aTwayne's United States authors series ;$vTUSAS 687.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83702482
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