How to Analyze the Works of Stephenie Meyer

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Editor: Amy Van Zee Copy Editor: Sarah Beckman Interior Design and Production: Marie Tupy Cover Design: Marie Tupy Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kostihova, Marcela, 1974How to analyze the works of Stephenie Meyer / by Marcela Kostihova. p. cm. -- (Essential critiques) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-61783-094-5 1. Meyer, Stephenie, 1973---Criticism and interpretation. 2. Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight saga series. 3. Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism. I. Title. PS3613.E979Z74 2011 813’.6--dc22 2011007390

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Introduction to Critiques

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