Australia Through the Looking-glass: Children's Fiction, 1830-1980Ethel Turner - May Gibbs - Mary Grant Bruce - John Rowe Townsend - Ivan Southall - Colin Thiele - Eleanor Spence - Norman Lindsay. |
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... sense in which the landscape , vast , empty , indifferent , still domi- nates contemporary fiction . Nineteenth century fictional children were left to themselves or lost in the Australian bush . Their modern counter- parts , in the ...
... sense in which the landscape , vast , empty , indifferent , still domi- nates contemporary fiction . Nineteenth century fictional children were left to themselves or lost in the Australian bush . Their modern counter- parts , in the ...
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... sense , but not much originality in characterization . The inventiveness , indeed , sometimes wore thin , as may be seen in one of Ethel Turner's diary entries : ... Night wrote Young Rebel , Chapter XIV - a chapter on smoking . Taffie ...
... sense , but not much originality in characterization . The inventiveness , indeed , sometimes wore thin , as may be seen in one of Ethel Turner's diary entries : ... Night wrote Young Rebel , Chapter XIV - a chapter on smoking . Taffie ...
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... sense , Dave Gibson - no sense whatever . You're a nice sort o ' detective an ' pirate , you are . ' Brady , like Tom Pagdin , does too much borrowing . The Queensland setting needs to be more firmly established to give Brady's novel a ...
... sense , Dave Gibson - no sense whatever . You're a nice sort o ' detective an ' pirate , you are . ' Brady , like Tom Pagdin , does too much borrowing . The Queensland setting needs to be more firmly established to give Brady's novel a ...
Contents
The Young Settlers | 8 |
Adventures Unlimited | 28 |
Pilgrims Progress | 43 |
Copyright | |
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References to this book
Voices of the Other: Children's Literature and the Postcolonial Context Roderick McGillis No preview available - 2000 |
Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature Maria Nikolajeva No preview available - 1995 |