Bridges for the Young: The Fiction of Katherine PatersonM. Sarah Smedman, Joel Chaston Children's Literature Association and The Scarecrow Press, 2003 - 330 pàgines Children's writer Paterson is the winner of the Newbery prize for her works Bridge to Terabithia and Jacob Have I Loved. Sixteen essays, presented by Smedman (children's literature, Minnesota State U. at Moorhead) and Chaston (English, Southwest Missouri State U.), critically examine her works, discussing major themes including her commitment to Christianity, feminism, and ideas on peace. Treatments of all her major works of fiction and nonfiction are included. Also included is an essay in which Patterson reflects on her own writing, as well as a bibliography of her works Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com). |
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... Gilly Hopkins , Jacob Have I Loved's Sara Louise , and Lyddie , who are articulate , who are responsible for their own fates , who become aware of their own social power , and who value female community , demonstrate the alienated ...
... Gilly Hopkins , Jacob Have I Loved's Sara Louise , and Lyddie , who are articulate , who are responsible for their own fates , who become aware of their own social power , and who value female community , demonstrate the alienated ...
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... Gilly's mother - given name , Galadriel , and her blindly prophetic in- sistence that this name defines her in relationships with others . The " bale of blubber " who would become Gilly's " true " mother , and the small face jutting ...
... Gilly's mother - given name , Galadriel , and her blindly prophetic in- sistence that this name defines her in relationships with others . The " bale of blubber " who would become Gilly's " true " mother , and the small face jutting ...
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... Gilly Hopkins is not only Paterson's strongest model of God as mother , but the most compelling image of God in her canon . Trotter recalls the God of Hosea 11 : 3-4 , for she nurtures the difficult and frac- tious Gilly , leading her ...
... Gilly Hopkins is not only Paterson's strongest model of God as mother , but the most compelling image of God in her canon . Trotter recalls the God of Hosea 11 : 3-4 , for she nurtures the difficult and frac- tious Gilly , leading her ...
Continguts
Bridges to Literary Worlds Intertextuality and Literacy | 6 |
Narrative Strategies in Katherine | 18 |
Feminist Dialogics in Katherine Patersons Novels | 41 |
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