Robert Cormier Summary

Biography Essay"Teen-agers' Laureate," the title conferred upon Robert Cormier by Tony Schwartz in Newsweek (16 July 1979), is fittingly bestowed upon this widely read and critically acclaimed author ... Read more

Robert Cormier began his life in the French-Canadian section of Leominster, Massachusetts on January 17, 1925. "We lived in a three-story tenement. I remember my mother and father heating up the water... Read more

[This entry was updated by Sylvia Patterson Iskander (University of Southwestern Louisiana) from her entry in the Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography, volume 6, pp. 34-51.]"Teen-agers' L... Read more

Critical Essay by Phoebe Adams [Now and at the Hour] has the ring of personal experience, which the setting, a New England factory town, and the social level, that of skilled labor just below the pro... Read more

Critical Essay by Martin Levin [In "Take Me Where the Good Times Are"] an oldster named Tommy Bartin has a brief but violent furlough from the Monument City Infirmary, so called because... Read more

Critical Essay by Michele Murray Few literary tricks can be more annoying to a reader—to this reader, at least—than to find the author pleading for sympathy for a character when that ch... Read more

Critical Essay by Zena Sutherland While [Eight Plus One] should interest many young adult Cormier fans, it seems even more suitable for an adult audience, not because of the difficulty or sophisticat... Read more

Critical Essay by Anne Scott Macleod Robert Cormier is a conspicuous oddity in his chosen field. Writing for the adolescent reader, he has departed from standard models and broken some of the most fu... Read more

Critical Essay by Nancy C. Hammond A master of taut, twisting plots and clear prose, [Cormier, an] inventive writer, creates sufficient mystery, deception, and irony [in The Bumblebee Flies Anyway] t... Read more

Critical Essay by Geraldine Deluca Novels for young adults that deal with social issues of one sort or another have been around for quite awhile now. In fact, social relevance seems to be a primary f... Read more

Critical Essay by Alleen Pace Nilsen The process of naming characters is a fascinating area of young adult literature. In some of the best books, characters' names have been chosen or devised ... Read more