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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Page 131
Pulp science fiction of the 1930s and 1940s was filled with attenuated Martians
and “ Bug - Eyed Monsters . " It is doubtless this element that prompted Sam
Moskowitz , one of its eminent critics , to define science fiction as " a branch of
fantasy .
Pulp science fiction of the 1930s and 1940s was filled with attenuated Martians
and “ Bug - Eyed Monsters . " It is doubtless this element that prompted Sam
Moskowitz , one of its eminent critics , to define science fiction as " a branch of
fantasy .
Page 132
Enchantress from the Stars ( 1970 ) is exemplary of how the vagueness of some
science fiction can make a mockery of sense : The locale of this story can be fixed
neither in space nor in time . Perhaps it is the planet Earth — but then again ...
Enchantress from the Stars ( 1970 ) is exemplary of how the vagueness of some
science fiction can make a mockery of sense : The locale of this story can be fixed
neither in space nor in time . Perhaps it is the planet Earth — but then again ...
Page 133
Thus the character of children ' s science fiction cannot be deduced from its "
shining successes " in the way that the works of Hester Burton or Rosemary
Sutcliff exemplify the best for historical fiction , Ivan Southall for realistic fiction ,
Susan ...
Thus the character of children ' s science fiction cannot be deduced from its "
shining successes " in the way that the works of Hester Burton or Rosemary
Sutcliff exemplify the best for historical fiction , Ivan Southall for realistic fiction ,
Susan ...
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Contents
the Golden Ages of Childrens Literature | 18 |
Realistic Fiction | 31 |
The Problem Novel | 48 |
Copyright | |
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| 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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