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 10
Whatever the variations of style and theme between an Eleanor Estes in Rufus M
or a C . S . Lewis in his “ Narnia " Chronicles , the fine writers of the period all
infused their books with a marvelous warmth of feeling - most vividly that of the ...
Whatever the variations of style and theme between an Eleanor Estes in Rufus M
or a C . S . Lewis in his “ Narnia " Chronicles , the fine writers of the period all
infused their books with a marvelous warmth of feeling - most vividly that of the ...
Page 147
Similar to Dragonsong in tone and spirit , but far stronger in style ,
characterization , and plot is Lawrence Yep ' s Sweetwater ( 1973 ) . Like
McCaffrey , Yep writes of a feudal society on another planet inhabited by humans
originally from Earth .
Similar to Dragonsong in tone and spirit , but far stronger in style ,
characterization , and plot is Lawrence Yep ' s Sweetwater ( 1973 ) . Like
McCaffrey , Yep writes of a feudal society on another planet inhabited by humans
originally from Earth .
Page 234
Inevitably , new themes are paralleled by new styles : technical changes in style
and form mirror the newfound freedom of subject ... On the whole , adult poetry of
the sixties and seventies has been less influential in style than in subject matter ...
Inevitably , new themes are paralleled by new styles : technical changes in style
and form mirror the newfound freedom of subject ... On the whole , adult poetry of
the sixties and seventies has been less influential in style than in subject matter ...
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Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| 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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