Unicorns: An Exploration of the Pleasures of the Gothic for Young Adults," Patricia Kennon analyzes Zombies vs. Both chapters analyze the gothic in a recent YA novel. The first section, "Genre Trouble: Gothic Hybrids," explores the different ways that Gothic conventions intersect and are transformed by other types of YA fiction. In particular, it shows how changing conceptions of young adults as liminal figures operating between the modes of child and adult can be mobilised when combined with Gothic spaces and concepts in texts for young people" (2). Smith and Kristine Moruzi hope for the book to contribute "to the broader theorisation of young adults and their relationship with popular culture and textual consumption. With these new stories both original and reimagined, the study of how a modern young adult audience consumes these Gothic themes is both interesting and important. The series itself aims to promote "challenging and innovative approaches to Gothic which question any aspect of the Gothic tradition or perceived critical orthodoxy." This volume explores the Gothic in young adult literature, which has a long history of Gothic tales, including the original Grimm's fairytales to the spawning of many subgenres that are popular today. Young Adult Gothic Fiction: Monstrous Selves/Monstrous Others is a contributing volume in an ongoing series on Gothic Literary Studies.
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