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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... Garfield does it . The eighteenth century , which is Garfield's specialty , lends itself particularly well to his often larger - than - life approach . His novels revolve around swashbuckling highwaymen and captains ; eccentric doctors ...
... Garfield does it . The eighteenth century , which is Garfield's specialty , lends itself particularly well to his often larger - than - life approach . His novels revolve around swashbuckling highwaymen and captains ; eccentric doctors ...
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... Garfield's overall optimistic view of life has given us some of the tenderest passages in children's literature . Black Jack presents a macabre plot of a hanged man revived , his kidnapping of Tolly , the orphan boy , and the hold - up ...
... Garfield's overall optimistic view of life has given us some of the tenderest passages in children's literature . Black Jack presents a macabre plot of a hanged man revived , his kidnapping of Tolly , the orphan boy , and the hold - up ...
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... Garfield and Edward Blishen , coauthors of The God Beneath the Sea ( 1971 ) and The Golden Shadow ( 1973 ) . Garfield and Blishen have succeeded in what they set out to do -to create " a piece of fresh fiction out of some of the oldest ...
... Garfield and Edward Blishen , coauthors of The God Beneath the Sea ( 1971 ) and The Golden Shadow ( 1973 ) . Garfield and Blishen have succeeded in what they set out to do -to create " a piece of fresh fiction out of some of the oldest ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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