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 160
... historical fiction . Moreover , those who write exclusively or mostly in this category - Rosemary Sutcliff , Leon Garfield , Barbara Willard , and Hester Burton - account to a large extent for a feeling of substance in the genre ...
... historical fiction . Moreover , those who write exclusively or mostly in this category - Rosemary Sutcliff , Leon Garfield , Barbara Willard , and Hester Burton - account to a large extent for a feeling of substance in the genre ...
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... historical fiction . Nevertheless , com- parisons between individual writers are inescapable , and so indeed is some overall description and judgment of current trends and features in historical fiction as contrasted with those of ...
... historical fiction . Nevertheless , com- parisons between individual writers are inescapable , and so indeed is some overall description and judgment of current trends and features in historical fiction as contrasted with those of ...
Page 184
... historical novels than they do in other types of children's fiction . In narratives with a present - day setting , for example , the adult characters are often shadowy , mere accessories so to speak , for the child protagonists . This ...
... historical novels than they do in other types of children's fiction . In narratives with a present - day setting , for example , the adult characters are often shadowy , mere accessories so to speak , for the child protagonists . This ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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