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 106
... face , a device of the satirist or the preacher , in these we have beast - fable and not fairy - story . " Tolkien's specific term " beast - fable " appears to have fallen out of favor and , just as any story set in the future is deemed ...
... face , a device of the satirist or the preacher , in these we have beast - fable and not fairy - story . " Tolkien's specific term " beast - fable " appears to have fallen out of favor and , just as any story set in the future is deemed ...
Page 116
... face of mechanical stoicism , breaking the rules of their pre- ordained destiny as circular - dancing wind - up toys ... faces the awesome meaning of this suicidal drive with growing courage and self - reliance . As in much of modern ...
... face of mechanical stoicism , breaking the rules of their pre- ordained destiny as circular - dancing wind - up toys ... faces the awesome meaning of this suicidal drive with growing courage and self - reliance . As in much of modern ...
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... face . Hester Burton , whose nineteenth - century characters seem almost as modern as those portrayed in contemporary - scene fiction , actually uses more dialect and archaic words than Barbara Willard , but she too makes the context ...
... face . Hester Burton , whose nineteenth - century characters seem almost as modern as those portrayed in contemporary - scene fiction , actually uses more dialect and archaic words than Barbara Willard , but she too makes the context ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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