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Series:   Elements in Publishing and Book Culture

Young Adult Fantasy Fiction

Conventions, Originality, Reproducibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2019

Kim Wilkins
Kim Wilkins
Affiliation:
University of Queensland

Summary

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.
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Series: Elements in Publishing and Book Culture
Online ISBN: 9781108551137
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication: 08 August 2019

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