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 87
... mythic totems . Susan's bracelet in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen ( 1960 ) holds Frigg's stone , the Brisingamen . The three physical objects in Elidor retain their power in the real world but change their shape . Alison , in The Owl ...
... mythic totems . Susan's bracelet in The Weirdstone of Brisingamen ( 1960 ) holds Frigg's stone , the Brisingamen . The three physical objects in Elidor retain their power in the real world but change their shape . Alison , in The Owl ...
Page 93
... mythic world gradually commingles with the every- day one , since the one is as " real " as the other . Actual use of the mythic material varies greatly . Alan Garner bases The Owl Service on a complete story from the Mabinogion , but ...
... mythic world gradually commingles with the every- day one , since the one is as " real " as the other . Actual use of the mythic material varies greatly . Alan Garner bases The Owl Service on a complete story from the Mabinogion , but ...
Page 111
... mythic . Basically it is a survival story given epic proportions by means of the utilization of lapine history , language , and mythology . Adams has taken natural lore from R. M. Lockley's The Private Life of the Rabbit and does not ...
... mythic . Basically it is a survival story given epic proportions by means of the utilization of lapine history , language , and mythology . Adams has taken natural lore from R. M. Lockley's The Private Life of the Rabbit and does not ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
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