Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureBeschrijving van de ontwikkeling van het hedendaagse Engelstalige kinder- en jeugdboek, in de vorm van een schets van diverse genres, toonaangevende auteurs en afzonderlijke titels. |
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... death . Illness is generally shown as conquerable . In Heidi , Clara is roused from her lethargy by Heidi's cheerful energy ; Mary in The Secret Garden conquers her own stub- born temperament and in so doing helps the fretful invalid ...
... death . Illness is generally shown as conquerable . In Heidi , Clara is roused from her lethargy by Heidi's cheerful energy ; Mary in The Secret Garden conquers her own stub- born temperament and in so doing helps the fretful invalid ...
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... death . It is , of course , not the death of the protagonists themselves , for then the story would end too soon ; but it is very likely a death which causes them severe emotional damage , which comes very near to destroying their ...
... death . It is , of course , not the death of the protagonists themselves , for then the story would end too soon ; but it is very likely a death which causes them severe emotional damage , which comes very near to destroying their ...
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... death . The preponderance of deaths , though not death scenes , is astonishing , considering that ninety - five percent of us reach adulthood without experiencing a family death . The death is usually that of a deus ex machina , usually ...
... death . The preponderance of deaths , though not death scenes , is astonishing , considering that ninety - five percent of us reach adulthood without experiencing a family death . The death is usually that of a deus ex machina , usually ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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