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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... Retellings of literary rather than traditional folktales have different problems and points of view , but here also the strict code of authenticity to source matter prevails . Erik Hau- gaard retains such a scholarly attention in Hans ...
... Retellings of literary rather than traditional folktales have different problems and points of view , but here also the strict code of authenticity to source matter prevails . Erik Hau- gaard retains such a scholarly attention in Hans ...
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... retelling , one feels that she has grasped the true tragedy of this star- crossed pair . Her interest in human ... retellings and pierce the heart of the matter , to those tragic themes common to all heroic myths and legends : the ...
... retelling , one feels that she has grasped the true tragedy of this star- crossed pair . Her interest in human ... retellings and pierce the heart of the matter , to those tragic themes common to all heroic myths and legends : the ...
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... retellings are striking complements to the shadowy mysteries behind her clean prose . In contrast to Sutcliff's fictionalization of Arthurian matter , John Steinbeck's uncompleted version , The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights ...
... retellings are striking complements to the shadowy mysteries behind her clean prose . In contrast to Sutcliff's fictionalization of Arthurian matter , John Steinbeck's uncompleted version , The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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