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 103
... past is contained in the aunts ' recollections of their busy intellectual lives when younger . The more distant past comes through Clare's grandfather's diary , as he describes the life of the New Guinea tribe . Clare sees the tribesmen ...
... past is contained in the aunts ' recollections of their busy intellectual lives when younger . The more distant past comes through Clare's grandfather's diary , as he describes the life of the New Guinea tribe . Clare sees the tribesmen ...
Page 159
... past is a fiction ; even willful ignorance cannot erase our history . Only in eternal night will man be shadowless , and the past not follow the present into the future .... Knowledge of the past - of history — gives perspective to our ...
... past is a fiction ; even willful ignorance cannot erase our history . Only in eternal night will man be shadowless , and the past not follow the present into the future .... Knowledge of the past - of history — gives perspective to our ...
Page 188
... past and fantasy . Historical fiction for the young at least can no longer be deemed a literature of escape into the past , although this can still be found in much writing for adults . But when historical romance was no longer ...
... past and fantasy . Historical fiction for the young at least can no longer be deemed a literature of escape into the past , although this can still be found in much writing for adults . But when historical romance was no longer ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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