Young Adult Fantasy Fiction: Conventions, Originality, Reproducibility

by Kim Wilkins

Overview

Young adult fantasy (YA fantasy) brings together two established genres - young adult fiction and fantasy fiction - and in so doing amplifies, energises, and leverages the textual, social, and industrial practices of the two genres: combining the fantastic with adolescent concerns; engaging passionate online fandoms; proliferating quickly into series and related works. By considering the texts alongside the way they are circulated and marketed, this Element aims to show that the YA fantasy genre is a dynamic formation that takes shape and reshapes itself responsively in a continuing process over time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108445320
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	08/08/2019
Series:	Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Pages:	75
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 6.93(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction – genre and YA fantasy; 1. Conventions and the text; 2. Originality and the social; 3. Reproducibility and industry; Conclusion – creative, cultural, commercial.