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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... allow . As a focus for discussing the novels , I want to suggest that her debatably happy endings provide a means to ... allows the Japa- nese serf Muna to purge himself , through suffering , of his attachment to the rogue samurai he ...
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... allow one another some " breathing room " in that discourse , we in fact enhance our collective life . Just as my stu- dents have allowed me to grow as a feminist critic as long as I invite diverse responses and discoveries in our ...
... allow one another some " breathing room " in that discourse , we in fact enhance our collective life . Just as my stu- dents have allowed me to grow as a feminist critic as long as I invite diverse responses and discoveries in our ...
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... allow less recognition of that truth than metonymy does , and real- izing partial connection allows me to know I have read imaginatively despite not " suspending disbelief " altogether willingly . Recognizing differences among myth ...
... allow less recognition of that truth than metonymy does , and real- izing partial connection allows me to know I have read imaginatively despite not " suspending disbelief " altogether willingly . Recognizing differences among myth ...
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Bridges to Literary Worlds Intertextuality and Literacy | 6 |
Narrative Strategies in Katherine | 18 |
Feminist Dialogics in Katherine Patersons Novels | 41 |
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