Spotlight: A Close-Up Look at the Artistry and Meaning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga

John Granger

Spotlight: A Close-Up Look at the Artistry and Meaning of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight Saga
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Zossima Press
Country
United States
Published
1 January 2010
Pages
296
ISBN
9780982238592

Spotlight: A Close-Up Look at the Artistry and Meaning of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga

John Granger

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga has taken the world by storm. The four novels that tell the paranormal romance of Bella Swan and Edward Cullen are international bestsellers that readers everywhere are discussing and re-reading again and again. But WHY are the books so popular? Critics have dismissed them as Harlequin trash and literary junk food but book lovers obviously disagree. Is there more to Twilight than a love story for teen girls crossed with a cheesy vampire-werewolf drama? … . . John Granger, author of Unlocking Harry Potter: Seven Keys for the Serious Reader, explains in Spotlight the literary backdrop, the themes, the artistry, and the meaning of the four Bella Swan adventures. Twilight readers will learn here: * Why the Book Covers are Black, White, and Red; * How Edward Can Read Thoughts and the La Push Wolf Pack Can Have a Shared Mind; * What Influence the X-Men, Night of the Living Dead, and Plato’s Republic had on Twilight; * Why the Volturi live in Italy and Hate the Cullens’ Lifestyle Choices ;* Why Bella’s empty chest is mentioned thirty seven times in New Moon; * Why so many Key Twilight Saga Scenes take place in Mountain Meadows; * What Role the Quileute Protectors play in Meyer’s Re-Telling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet; * How Carlisle’s Birth in Sixteenth Century London Explains Why the Cullens are Vegetarians ;* Why the James and Bella Confrontation in Twilight takes place in a Ballet Studio; * Why Jacob and Edward are described consistently as Bella’s Sun and Moon; and * Why Books and Films about Bella Swan and Harry Potter are such Blockbuster Hits… … Spotlight unveils layer-by-layer the meaning of the books and the artistry of their composition so Twilight lovers can see how the books work and why we love them the way we do! Spotlight is the only book that explains Twilight-mania and is the perfect gift for serious Twilight readers wanting to learn why the books they love are so good and have become as popular as they are.

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