The Outsiders (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: S. E. Hinton
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Teenagers, Friendship, Gangs, youth, Death or dying, Good and evil, Loyalty, Southwest, Boys, Battles
- Locales: Southwest (U.S.)
When Hinton published The Outsiders in 1967, she used her initials so that readers would think she was a man. It was assumed by publishers, in that pre-young adult era, that readers would not believe that a woman could write realistically about the urban street world that Hinton's first novel depicts. It is a sign of how far the genre has evolved since 1967 that The Outsiders seems so tame today.
The novel is set in a small southwestern city (similar to Tulsa), but in some ways it could be any city in the United States, for the novel is vague and dreamy in form....
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