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 85
... present , the forces of evil ( the Dark ) , which have been latent for a while , rise with purposeful strength to put England in jeopardy through an onslaught of snow and flood . These forces are opposed by those of the Light ( the ...
... present , the forces of evil ( the Dark ) , which have been latent for a while , rise with purposeful strength to put England in jeopardy through an onslaught of snow and flood . These forces are opposed by those of the Light ( the ...
Page 132
... presents difficulties and ulti- mately fails to apply . The present has an uncanny habit of leaping ahead of itself and what seems to be the distant future today is suddenly commonplace tomorrow . Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues ...
... presents difficulties and ulti- mately fails to apply . The present has an uncanny habit of leaping ahead of itself and what seems to be the distant future today is suddenly commonplace tomorrow . Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues ...
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... present , and future . There is good reason to believe that today's children have a marked tendency to concentrate upon the present , as may be evidenced by the popularity of the realistic novel in general and the " problem " novel in ...
... present , and future . There is good reason to believe that today's children have a marked tendency to concentrate upon the present , as may be evidenced by the popularity of the realistic novel in general and the " problem " novel in ...
Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 66 |
Copyright | |
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