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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... expression . In a sense , any concept of childhood or the experience of maturing must reflect the author's biases ... expressed with painful sensitivity , wry wit , and linguistic experimentation . In many ways , Ivan Southall's What ...
... expression . In a sense , any concept of childhood or the experience of maturing must reflect the author's biases ... expressed with painful sensitivity , wry wit , and linguistic experimentation . In many ways , Ivan Southall's What ...
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... expressed in Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye , especially his bitter - sweet view of growing up . These novels are self- defining ; they possess a tough clarity of thought and language . Most problem novels give their protagonists a ...
... expressed in Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye , especially his bitter - sweet view of growing up . These novels are self- defining ; they possess a tough clarity of thought and language . Most problem novels give their protagonists a ...
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... expressed in these lines from " The Wholly Family " : Baby's got a plastic bottle , plastic pacifier to chew ; plastic pillows on the sofa , plastic curtains frame the view ; plastic curlers do up Mama , Mama's hairdo plastic , too ...
... expressed in these lines from " The Wholly Family " : Baby's got a plastic bottle , plastic pacifier to chew ; plastic pillows on the sofa , plastic curtains frame the view ; plastic curlers do up Mama , Mama's hairdo plastic , too ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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