Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureSketches the history of children's literature, looks at the genres of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, folklore, poetry, problem novels and picture books, and recommends specific works |
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Page 90
Earlier writers tended to humanize the bad ( evil rarely had a place ) . The bad
characters had recognizable faults and deficiencies . Moreover they were
reformable , capable of a redeeming self - awareness . With a little bit of help they
could ...
Earlier writers tended to humanize the bad ( evil rarely had a place ) . The bad
characters had recognizable faults and deficiencies . Moreover they were
reformable , capable of a redeeming self - awareness . With a little bit of help they
could ...
Page 154
While there has been an increase in the general memorability of individual
characters as opposed to those in earlier works , the larger and more important
character , society itself , has decreased in attractiveness . Whereas earlier
writers gave ...
While there has been an increase in the general memorability of individual
characters as opposed to those in earlier works , the larger and more important
character , society itself , has decreased in attractiveness . Whereas earlier
writers gave ...
Page 299
... the time spans are no shorter than in earlier books , the impression left with the
reader is quite different . Earlier writers conveyed a sense of slow , easy , organic
1 time in dealing with childhood and its concerns . Nowadays 299 EPILOGUE.
... the time spans are no shorter than in earlier books , the impression left with the
reader is quite different . Earlier writers conveyed a sense of slow , easy , organic
1 time in dealing with childhood and its concerns . Nowadays 299 EPILOGUE.
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature |
| Authors | Egoff, Sheila, Sheila A. Egoff |
| Contributor | American Library Association |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | American Library Association, 1981 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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