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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... myths . Considering the widespread use of mythic material , it is of considerable significance that Greek myths are not used . It is easy to see why . They exhibit little or no struggle between good and evil and the turn of events is ...
... myths . Considering the widespread use of mythic material , it is of considerable significance that Greek myths are not used . It is easy to see why . They exhibit little or no struggle between good and evil and the turn of events is ...
Page 177
... myths . Like the myths , Sutcliff's works are by no means mono- chromatic . Her works are filled with images of light as well as dark . Amidst the clang and clash of war , the horrors of a slave ship or arena , or in the picture of the ...
... myths . Like the myths , Sutcliff's works are by no means mono- chromatic . Her works are filled with images of light as well as dark . Amidst the clang and clash of war , the horrors of a slave ship or arena , or in the picture of the ...
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... myths such as Compton MacKenzie's Achilles ( 1972 ) and Penelope Farmer's The Serpent's Tooth : The Story of Cadmus ( 1971 ) . But whoever the protagonists , they were undoubtedly chosen for a dramatic story interest rather than for a ...
... myths such as Compton MacKenzie's Achilles ( 1972 ) and Penelope Farmer's The Serpent's Tooth : The Story of Cadmus ( 1971 ) . But whoever the protagonists , they were undoubtedly chosen for a dramatic story interest rather than for a ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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