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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... half - formed speech of the young or bears a veneer of half - joking sophistication . In either case the language is stripped of allusion , metaphor , or imagery that in turn make the problems devoid of a wider application . The writers ...
... half - formed speech of the young or bears a veneer of half - joking sophistication . In either case the language is stripped of allusion , metaphor , or imagery that in turn make the problems devoid of a wider application . The writers ...
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... half victim , half prophet , who becomes a kind of priest - king to a tribe of teenage boys led by his wild protector , Wolf , a slum kid whose natural survival skills and uncanny sense of leadership inspire fervent allegiance . Wolf ...
... half victim , half prophet , who becomes a kind of priest - king to a tribe of teenage boys led by his wild protector , Wolf , a slum kid whose natural survival skills and uncanny sense of leadership inspire fervent allegiance . Wolf ...
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... half - witted boy and his is a minor role . Rosemary Sutcliff's Song for a Dark Queen ( 1977 ) has a completely adult cast except for Queen Boducca's two daughters , who are symbols rather than characters . All this suggests that the ...
... half - witted boy and his is a minor role . Rosemary Sutcliff's Song for a Dark Queen ( 1977 ) has a completely adult cast except for Queen Boducca's two daughters , who are symbols rather than characters . All this suggests that the ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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