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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... cultural background were constantly changed in retelling . There are , for example , about four hundred variants of the Cinderella story , culled from various cultures , but the myths of Psyche and Eros or Oedipus are so fundamental ...
... cultural background were constantly changed in retelling . There are , for example , about four hundred variants of the Cinderella story , culled from various cultures , but the myths of Psyche and Eros or Oedipus are so fundamental ...
Page 290
... cultural additive , particularly those that are not otherwise outstanding . This quality is seen at its best in the European variants of the problem novel . Whereas the American writers of problem novels take their own culture so much ...
... cultural additive , particularly those that are not otherwise outstanding . This quality is seen at its best in the European variants of the problem novel . Whereas the American writers of problem novels take their own culture so much ...
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... cultural dominance on the one hand , and survival on the other , is a common theme , one that in English - language historical fiction is the prime domain of Rosemary Sutcliff , who also describes the varied cultures that melded with ...
... cultural dominance on the one hand , and survival on the other , is a common theme , one that in English - language historical fiction is the prime domain of Rosemary Sutcliff , who also describes the varied cultures that melded with ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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