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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... become well through the inevitable staging of violence and its containment within conventional structures , including male dominance . Like those of my college students who felt " lost " when they read the opening chapter of the novel ...
... become well through the inevitable staging of violence and its containment within conventional structures , including male dominance . Like those of my college students who felt " lost " when they read the opening chapter of the novel ...
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... become merely a minor character in her sis- ter's life , the only thing she can lose her " miserable self in " is books . She reads Scott , Dickens , and Cooper , pulling back the black air raid curtains so she can " read on and on ...
... become merely a minor character in her sis- ter's life , the only thing she can lose her " miserable self in " is books . She reads Scott , Dickens , and Cooper , pulling back the black air raid curtains so she can " read on and on ...
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... become " scrambled . " With the support of her mother , and especially her psychia- trist , she realizes that , when she confronts chaos or any kind of confusion , she has a choice : she can just melt into nothingness and become a ...
... become " scrambled . " With the support of her mother , and especially her psychia- trist , she realizes that , when she confronts chaos or any kind of confusion , she has a choice : she can just melt into nothingness and become a ...
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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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