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Peer reviewedMacLeod, Anne Scott – Children's Literature in Education, 1981
Discusses how the writings of Robert Cormier have evoked a political world in which evil is neither an individual phenomenon nor a personality fault explainable by individual psychology, but a collaborative act between individuals and political systems. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Literary Criticism, Literary Styles
Peer reviewedMacLeod, Anne Scott – Children's Literature in Education, 1984
Compares the works of Horatio Alger and Edward Stratemeyer and probes the reasons for their success. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Comparative Analysis, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres
MacLeod, Anne Scott – Horn Book Magazine, 1987
Contrasts the very popular and enduring Nancy Drew series with the host of imitators that appeared after the initial success of the Drew series. Points out that the Drew books were focused mysteries with only tenuous ties to realism but that imitators usually copied the outlines of the pattern but either overlooked or weakened important parts of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Authors, Comparative Analysis
