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 49
... American books as Bridge to Terabithia and Summer of My German Soldier lead to more dramatic but , in the end , less credible novels giving the effect of a patchwork , despite their being skillfully put together . Such overall ...
... American books as Bridge to Terabithia and Summer of My German Soldier lead to more dramatic but , in the end , less credible novels giving the effect of a patchwork , despite their being skillfully put together . Such overall ...
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... America . It is unblinking in its testimonial to history : Sometimes America the shamescape knock - rock territory losing ... American problem novel . But unlike it , realistic poetry has not fallen prey quite as blatantly to the lure of ...
... America . It is unblinking in its testimonial to history : Sometimes America the shamescape knock - rock territory losing ... American problem novel . But unlike it , realistic poetry has not fallen prey quite as blatantly to the lure of ...
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... American writers of problem novels take their own culture so much for granted that their backgrounds and settings become homogene- ous and ultimately invisible , most European writers define their physical and cultural setting a little ...
... American writers of problem novels take their own culture so much for granted that their backgrounds and settings become homogene- ous and ultimately invisible , most European writers define their physical and cultural setting a little ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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