Selected
Critical Bibliography
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(References
to English-language sources only)
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The
following is a selection of articles, books, and reviews of
my novels.
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Articles
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Adams,
Lauren. "Disorderly Fiction." Horn Book 78.5 (2002),
521-29.
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Authors
and Artists for Young Adults. Vol. 27. Detroit: Gale, 1999.
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Campbell,
Patty. "The Sand in the Oyster: Prizes and Paradoxes." Horn
Book 79.4 (2003), 501-06.
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Carlsen,
Robert G. "Teaching Literature for the Adolescent: A Historical
Perspective." English Journal (Nov. 1984),
28-30.
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Chambers,
Aidan. "Aidan Chambers." In Something About the Author Autobiography
Series. Vol. 12. Detroit: Gale, 1991.
37-55.
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Chambers,
Aidan. "Ways of Telling: From Writer to Reader: An Author Reads
Himself" in Booktalk: Occasional Writing
on Literature and Children. London: Bodley Head, 1985, and
Woodchester: Thimble Press, 1995, pp 92-115.
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Contemporary
Literary Criticism. Vol. 35. Detroit: Gale, 1985. 97-101.
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Gill,
David S. "Aidan Chambers: Monk, Writer, Critic." ALAN Review
(Fall 1997), 11- 12.
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Gowar,
Mick. "Interview with Aidan Chambers." In Living Writers:
A New Approach to English Novelists. Eds. Mick
Gowar and Dennis Hanley. London: Nelson, 1992. 111-115.
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Hipple,
Ted. "Aidan Chambers." In Writers for Young Adults. Vol.
1. Ed. Ted Hipple. New York: Scribner's, 1997. 219-227.
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O'Sullivan,
Emer. "Losses and Gains in Translation: Some Remarks on the
translation of humour in the books of Aidan
Chambers". In Children's Literature 26, 1998. 185-204.
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Reynolds,
Kimberley. Children's Literature in the 1880s and the 1900s.
Plymouth: Northcote House, 1994. 48-58.
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Richardson,
Charlotte. A 14 yr old student's essay on Now I Know.
In "Readers Write" on Aidan Chambers' Official
Website: www.aidanchambers.co.uk
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Russell,
Mary Harris. The Spiritual Geography of Domestic and Narrative
Spaces in Aidan Chambers' Dance Sequence.
In The Lion and the Unicorn Vol. 32 No. 1, January 2008.
61-81. |
Silvey,
Anita, ed. Children's Books and Their Creators. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1995. St. James Guide to Young
Adult Writers, 2nd ed. Detroit: St. James, 1999. |
Smith,
Kate. Meeting and Rescue in Aidan Chambers' novels. In "Readers
Write" on Aidan Chambers' Official Website:
www.aidanchambers.co.uk |
Trites,
Roberta. Disturbing the Universe: Power and Repression in Adolescent
Literature. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press,
2004.+ |
Watson,
Victor. "Introduction." Coming of Age in Children's Literature.
Eds. Margaret Meek and Victor Watson. London:
Continuum, 2005. 37-40. |
Westwater,
Martha. Chapter Five, "The Dilemma of Melancholy" in Giant Despair
meets Hopeful: Kristevan Readings in Adolescent
Fiction. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 2000. 91-110. |
Charlotte
Wu. Love, Loss and Longing in Aidan Chambers' novels. In "Readers
Write" on Aidan Chambers's Official Website:
www.aidanchambers.co.uk |
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Book-length
studies |
Pearson,
Lucy. The Making of Modern Children's Literature in Britain: Publishing
and Critisism in the 1960s and 1970s. Ashgate Publishing, 2013. |
Chambers,
Nancy, Ed. Reading the Novels of Aidan Chambers: Seven Essays:
Woodchester: Thimble Press, 2009. |
Greenway,
Betty. Aidan Chambers: Master Literary Choreographer. Scarecrow
Press. 2006. 132pp. |
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Book
Reviews (Selected) |
Books
for Keeps, Jan. 1999, Val Randall, rev. of Postcards From No Man's
Land, p. 27. |
Booklist,
May 2002, Hazel Rochman, starred rev of Postcards from No Man's
Land; |
August
2006, Michael Cart, starred rev. of This Is All |
Bulletin
of the Center for Children's Books, Sept. 1995, p. 9. |
Carousel,
Autumn 2005, Pat Thomson, rev of This Is All and survey of all
six novels in the Dance Sequence, pp. 38-39. |
Christian
Science Monitor, June 6, 1986. |
Commonweal,
May 11, 2003, Daria Donnelly, rev. of Postcards. |
Daily
Telegraph, Feb. 13,1999, Tony Bradman. "Stories of War and the
Pity of War." |
Drama,
Winter 1968. Growing Point, Nov. 1978, Margery Fisher, rev. of
Breaktime; July 1982, Margery Fisher, rev. of
Dance On My Grave, p. 3928. |
The
Hindu, May 1, 2003, Prema Srinivasan, rev. of Postcards. |
Horn
Book, March 1985, Gregory Maquire, rev. Dance on My Grave p 308;
June 1987, p. 307; Jan/Feb 1989, Ethel L. Heins,
rev. NIK: Now I Know, pp. 76-77; July/Aug 2002, Gregory Maquire,
starred rev. of Postcards from No Man's Land;
Aug/Sept, Roger Sutton, rev. This Is All. |
Kirkus
Reviews, 15 April 2002, starred rev. of Postcards from No Man's
Land;1 Sept 2006, starred rev of This Is All. |
Lambda
Book Report, Feb/Mar 2003, Nancy Garden, rev. of Postcards. |
Lion
and the Unicorn, Winter 1979-1980, Geraldine DeLuca, rev. of Breaktime,
pp. 125- 48. |
Magpies,
May 1993, Melanie Guile, rev. of NIK: Now I Know, p. 33; May 1999,
Anne Briggs, rev. of Postcards From No Man's
Land, pp. 37-38; Nov 2005, Lyn Linning, rev. of This Is All, p.
39. |
New
York Times Book Review, April 29, 1979, Richard Yates, rev. of
Breaktime, p. 30. |
Observer,
Feb. 1999, rev. of Postcards From No Man's Land, p. 15. |
Publishers
Weekly, June 1995, rev. of The Toll Bridge, p. 62; July 2002,
Kit Alderdice, starred rev. of Postcards from
No Man's Land. |
School
Librarian, Autumn 2005, Peter Hollindale, rev. of This Is All,
p. 165-6. |
School
Library Journal, July 1995, Margaret Cole, rev. of The Toll Bridge,
p. 92. |
Times
(London), July 10, 2000, Nicolette Jones, "Why Teeny Minds Are
Thinking Big," pp. B18-B19. |
Times
Educational Supplement, Feb. 19, 1999, Janni Howker, rev. of Postcards
From No Man's Land, p. 23. Times Literary Supplement,
Oct. 16, 1969; Nov. 23, 1973, rev. of Introducing Books to Children;
Dec. 1, 1978; July 18, 1980; July 23, 1982;
Nov. 26, 1982, David Rees, rev. of Dance On My Grave; Sept. 30,
1983; Aug. 16, 1985, Lachlan Mackinnon, rev.
of Booktalk; April 3, 1987, Colin Greenland, rev. of NIK: Now
I Know. |
Wilson
Library Bulletin, May 1988, pp. 78-79. |
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