The good, the bad and the ugly: Teachers’ perception of quality in fiction for adolescent readers

English in Education

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-70

  Hopper, Rosemary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canon; Quality; Reading; Teenage fiction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960153971     PISSN: 04250494     EISSN: 17548845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1754-8845.2006.tb00791.x     Document Type: Article

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