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
While good remains much as it has always been , the opposing bad forces have
been raised to the status of evil : evil implacable , evil unalloyed , evil for the sake
of power , evil as opposed to good , evil existing simply because good exists .
While good remains much as it has always been , the opposing bad forces have
been raised to the status of evil : evil implacable , evil unalloyed , evil for the sake
of power , evil as opposed to good , evil existing simply because good exists .
Page 91
More frequently evil is seen as an amorphous form , a shape - changer , as Death
. Even in Lloyd Alexander ' s more comic approach to epic fantasy in his Prydain
series , there is Arawin , the Death Lord , Master of Evil , the shape - changer ...
More frequently evil is seen as an amorphous form , a shape - changer , as Death
. Even in Lloyd Alexander ' s more comic approach to epic fantasy in his Prydain
series , there is Arawin , the Death Lord , Master of Evil , the shape - changer ...
Page 92
Whatever form evil takes , it is certainly a far cry from earlier fantasies in which the
protagonists are opposed to a cunning but physical presence . There are few
contemporary counterparts to the ordinary nastiness of Shift , the ape , in C . S ...
Whatever form evil takes , it is certainly a far cry from earlier fantasies in which the
protagonists are opposed to a cunning but physical presence . There are few
contemporary counterparts to the ordinary nastiness of Shift , the ape , in C . S ...
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Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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| 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 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2006 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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