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Sympathizing with Vampires

With Stephanie Meyer’s “Twilight” series at the forefront, Liz Rosenberg considers why so much of young adult literature today is rooted in the supernatural:

Like all speculative fiction, that of the supernatural allows teenagers to grapple with ideas. In this it’s kin to science fiction, though that genre tends to be social and political – “Stranger in a Strange Land’’ by Robert Heinlein or “A Clockwork Orange’’ by Anthony Burgess – while the supernatural inclines toward the psychological and personal.

Jun 28, 2009 :: Tagged under: , , , :: #