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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... effect : diversity rather than commonality . No longer were a great many children reading the same few titles , a situation which resulted in a concomitant loss of shared childhood experience . The prolifera- tion also had its own ...
... effect : diversity rather than commonality . No longer were a great many children reading the same few titles , a situation which resulted in a concomitant loss of shared childhood experience . The prolifera- tion also had its own ...
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... effect , since events are sifted through the feelings of the main character . It is only when writers deal with a group of the young interacting that the effect is different . There is in such books as Ivan Southall's To the Wild Sky ...
... effect , since events are sifted through the feelings of the main character . It is only when writers deal with a group of the young interacting that the effect is different . There is in such books as Ivan Southall's To the Wild Sky ...
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... effect . Sensationalism and shock value may pass for originality on first appearance , but its effects are short- lived indeed . Dealing with the trendy issues of divorce , premarital sex , cruelty to children , and the like may sell ...
... effect . Sensationalism and shock value may pass for originality on first appearance , but its effects are short- lived indeed . Dealing with the trendy issues of divorce , premarital sex , cruelty to children , and the like may sell ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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