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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... Park's Spring House and Vinnie's Pumpkin Patch In the years following the publication of Nightingales , Bridge , Gilly , and Jacob , Paterson has returned to The Secret Garden a number of times , particularly in Park's Quest and Flip ...
... Park's Spring House and Vinnie's Pumpkin Patch In the years following the publication of Nightingales , Bridge , Gilly , and Jacob , Paterson has returned to The Secret Garden a number of times , particularly in Park's Quest and Flip ...
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... Park , III , and learns that both his heroic grandfather and father are fallen idols : the Colonel is confined , sobbing , to a wheelchair , and the divorced father has been unfaithful to his wife , Park's mother , Randy . The protagonist ...
... Park , III , and learns that both his heroic grandfather and father are fallen idols : the Colonel is confined , sobbing , to a wheelchair , and the divorced father has been unfaithful to his wife , Park's mother , Randy . The protagonist ...
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... Park's father was killed in the Viet- nam War , and Park seeks the truth about the father he never knew . The socio - cultural contextualization of the novel enables readers to follow the trajectory of Park's growth as a young man in ...
... Park's father was killed in the Viet- nam War , and Park seeks the truth about the father he never knew . The socio - cultural contextualization of the novel enables readers to follow the trajectory of Park's growth as a young man in ...
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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