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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Page 121
... humor . The quest story lends itself well to farcical high adventure . In Natalie Babbitt's The Search for Delicious ( 1969 ) everyone is satisfied with the prime minister's definitions of As , Bs , and Cs but , oh , the trouble over D ...
... humor . The quest story lends itself well to farcical high adventure . In Natalie Babbitt's The Search for Delicious ( 1969 ) everyone is satisfied with the prime minister's definitions of As , Bs , and Cs but , oh , the trouble over D ...
Page 232
... humor and is often contrived in invention and word play . On the whole , contemporary nonsense poetry seems most compelling and convincing the more closely it aligns itself with traditional humorous poetry . Children revel in certain ...
... humor and is often contrived in invention and word play . On the whole , contemporary nonsense poetry seems most compelling and convincing the more closely it aligns itself with traditional humorous poetry . Children revel in certain ...
Page 278
... humor of a child's joke and the consequences that follow upon his misdeeds evince the simple justice of the folktale , so understandable to children . Pinocchio behaves like an ass and becomes one ; he lies and his nose grows longer ...
... humor of a child's joke and the consequences that follow upon his misdeeds evince the simple justice of the folktale , so understandable to children . Pinocchio behaves like an ass and becomes one ; he lies and his nose grows longer ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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