Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's LiteratureSketches the history of children's literature, looks at the genres of fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, folklore, poetry, problem novels and picture books, and recommends specific works |
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More important , writing for children was attracting literary craftsmen - Verne in
France , Collodi in Italy , Spyri in Switzerland , Alcott and Twain in the United
States , writers from Carroll to Stevenson to Nesbit in England — who chose to
write for ...
More important , writing for children was attracting literary craftsmen - Verne in
France , Collodi in Italy , Spyri in Switzerland , Alcott and Twain in the United
States , writers from Carroll to Stevenson to Nesbit in England — who chose to
write for ...
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Singer is perhaps closest to the great Danish storyteller , Hans Christian
Andersen , who used many folktale motifs , couching them in highly sophisticated
literary thought and language . Singer , however , is more earthy . Andersen ' s
tales ...
Singer is perhaps closest to the great Danish storyteller , Hans Christian
Andersen , who used many folktale motifs , couching them in highly sophisticated
literary thought and language . Singer , however , is more earthy . Andersen ' s
tales ...
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But the chief point remains that translations are valuable additions to a nation ' s
literary stock , not only because of the individual author ' s style and plot , but also
because they can bring an entirely different viewpoint to a literary genre .
But the chief point remains that translations are valuable additions to a nation ' s
literary stock , not only because of the individual author ' s style and plot , but also
because they can bring an entirely different viewpoint to a literary genre .
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Contents
Childrens Literature and How It Grew | 1 |
Selection from | 2 |
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Thursday's Child: Trends and Patterns in Contemporary Children's Literature |
| Authors | Egoff, Sheila, Sheila A. Egoff |
| Contributor | American Library Association |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | American Library Association, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0838903274, 9780838903278 |
| Length | 323 pages |
| Subjects | › › Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General |
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