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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... space operas , " an image that still calls forth disparagement of the genre . Heinlein has the dubious distinction of introducing the " space opera " to children's science fiction . Three high - school boys and a scientist , aged about ...
... space operas , " an image that still calls forth disparagement of the genre . Heinlein has the dubious distinction of introducing the " space opera " to children's science fiction . Three high - school boys and a scientist , aged about ...
Page 144
... space : ' They tell you that space is emptiness , nothingness - the void . They suggest that space , empty space , is something negative . I found out that it's not ! Space lives .... Nothingness , emptiness , has a life all its own ...
... space : ' They tell you that space is emptiness , nothingness - the void . They suggest that space , empty space , is something negative . I found out that it's not ! Space lives .... Nothingness , emptiness , has a life all its own ...
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... space , not by means of scientific technology but by " tesseracting " ( kitty - cornering through space ) . Hailed as science fiction , it is similar in many ways to modern world - swapping fantasies based in Christian theology , such ...
... space , not by means of scientific technology but by " tesseracting " ( kitty - cornering through space ) . Hailed as science fiction , it is similar in many ways to modern world - swapping fantasies based in Christian theology , such ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
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