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 81
... fantasy , far from being " easy read- ing " as escapist writing invariably is , demands extra effort from its readers . E. M. Forster described the readers of fantasy as being asked to " pay a little extra " in order to move in a ...
... fantasy , far from being " easy read- ing " as escapist writing invariably is , demands extra effort from its readers . E. M. Forster described the readers of fantasy as being asked to " pay a little extra " in order to move in a ...
Page 82
... fantasy are the moral arbiters of our time , in strong contrast to most writers of contemporary realistic fiction . In making such claims one must go gently . Not every fantasy mentioned breaks new ground on all these points . Modern ...
... fantasy are the moral arbiters of our time , in strong contrast to most writers of contemporary realistic fiction . In making such claims one must go gently . Not every fantasy mentioned breaks new ground on all these points . Modern ...
Page 83
... fantasy . The writers of enchanted realism are concerned more with human time than mythic time and with the personal development of the characters rather than with the primordial forces of good and evil . In Tom's Midnight Garden the ...
... fantasy . The writers of enchanted realism are concerned more with human time than mythic time and with the personal development of the characters rather than with the primordial forces of good and evil . In Tom's Midnight Garden the ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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