The sidekick comes of age : how young adult literature is shifting the paradigm of secondary characters /: how young adult literature is shifting the paradigm of secondary characters. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen M. Zimmerly.
• Authors: Zimmerly, Stephen M
• Contents: Acknowledgments ; ; Introduction: Using Young Adult Literature to Study Sidekicks ; ; Chapter One: Four Classic Sidekick Roles: Exploring Sidekicks as Narrative Gateways, Devil’s Advocates, Comic Relief, and Foils ; ; Chapter Two: Family Ties: An Investigation into the Potential Familial Relationships between Heroes and Sidekicks ; ; Chapter Three: The Secondary Hero: Neville Longbottom and Tenar as Sidekicks-Turned-Heroes ; ; Chapter Four: The Sidekick Sequel: Reinventing Sidekicks through Parallel Novels ; ; Chapter Five: The Self-Aware Sidekick: Studying Sidekicks in First-Person Sidekick Superhero Stories ; ; Conclusion ; ; Bibliography ; ; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809.89283; Young adult literature -- History and criticism; Characters and characteristics in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498586801
• Related ISBNs: 9781498586795
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