Talk:Young adult romance literature

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What does the (S) mean after a book? It should say somewhere on the page.

-- TimNelson (talk) 01:14, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Article Requires Clean-up
The "Young Adult Romance Literature" article is written to sound something like a grade-schooler's report on the genre. It is generally sloppy with its unprofessional tone and unverified opinion-statements. I will aim to help clean it up in the near future, but the efforts of anyone with a bit more knowledge or savvy on the topic would be much appreciated.

In response to Tim Nelson's comment: I believe the "S" after some of the book titles listed may be to mark them as series, rather than as standalone books. It seems like a rather unorthodox and unnecessary practice.

Wonderumble (talk) 21:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Possible Sources
In response to the PROD placed on this article I did a quick look in Project Muse and quickly came up with the following potential sources for this article: As all but Younger are books that I don't have access to I list the sources here in hopes that someone with access to a university library might be able to pursue these sources and incorporate them into the article. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 16:53, 5 January 2019 (UTC)
 * CART, MICHAEL Young Adult Literature: From Romance to Realism. 3rd ed. ALA Neal-Schuman, 2016 310p Paper ed. ISBN 978-0-8389-1462-5 $68.00
 * Younger, Beth. "Pleasure, Pain, and the Power of Being Thin: Female Sexuality in Young Adult Literature." NWSA Journal, vol. 15 no. 2, 2003, pp. 45-56. Project MUSE, muse.jhu.edu/article/46321.
 * Christine Seifert. Virginity in Young Adult Literature After Twilight. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
 * Reading the Adolescent Romance: Sweet Valley High and the Popular Young Adult Romance Novel, by Amy S. Pattee. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2011.
 * The Young Adult Novel, edited by David Cappella. Spec. issue of Studies in the Novel 42.1 and 42.2 (Spring and Summer 2010).
 * Sexual Content in Young Adult Literature: Reading Between the Sheets. By Bryan Gillis and Joanna Simpson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.
 * Contemporary Adolescent Literature and Culture: The Emergent Adult. Edited by Mary Hilton and Maria Nikolajeva. Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2012.
 * , thanks for finding sources. I've put a few of the books on hold, so should get them soon, and the others on inter-library request. Eventually, they'll come in and I can make some improvements to this article. Schazjmd   (talk)  01:07, 2 September 2019 (UTC)
 * , fantastic. If I can be of help let me know. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 01:15, 2 September 2019 (UTC)

New draft
A draft of the rewritten article is at a stage where others can read it (and object, if they don't think it should replace the current listicle). I'm still waiting for one more book to come in. The section on the 2000s is a bit weaker than the earlier ones; there's been a lot of academic analysis of the earlier waves of romance popularity, but not so much examination of what's going on now yet, which is probably to be expected. Schazjmd  (talk)  23:28, 20 September 2019 (UTC)
 * And, new content published; let the editing begin.  Schazjmd   (talk)  22:32, 24 September 2019 (UTC)
 * , I'd meant to look at the draft and then forgot. This is a HUGE upgrade on the article. Wow. Best, Barkeep49 (talk) 22:43, 24 September 2019 (UTC)