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 103
... past is contained in the aunts ' recollections of their busy intellectual lives when younger . The more distant past comes through Clare's grandfather's diary , as he describes the life of the New Guinea tribe . Clare sees the tribesmen ...
... past is contained in the aunts ' recollections of their busy intellectual lives when younger . The more distant past comes through Clare's grandfather's diary , as he describes the life of the New Guinea tribe . Clare sees the tribesmen ...
Page 159
... past is a fiction ; even willful ignorance cannot erase our history . Only in eternal night will man be shadowless , and the past not follow the present into the future .... Knowledge of the past - of history — gives perspective to our ...
... past is a fiction ; even willful ignorance cannot erase our history . Only in eternal night will man be shadowless , and the past not follow the present into the future .... Knowledge of the past - of history — gives perspective to our ...
Page 187
... past so real without , as it were , the tools of the speech of the time . The Druid priest in Outcast speaks without archaic words and yet the mythic tone comes through : ' Nonetheless , evil will come of it , evil and the wrath of the ...
... past so real without , as it were , the tools of the speech of the time . The Druid priest in Outcast speaks without archaic words and yet the mythic tone comes through : ' Nonetheless , evil will come of it , evil and the wrath of the ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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