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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Pàgina 16
... believe what is , after all , more difficult to accept , that God is for her . Though she can believe , the truth evades her understanding , and she wonders as she wanders . It is that wondering which brings the novel back to the world ...
... believe what is , after all , more difficult to accept , that God is for her . Though she can believe , the truth evades her understanding , and she wonders as she wanders . It is that wondering which brings the novel back to the world ...
Pàgina 138
... believe not only in the initial creative force of God but in God's continuing power to renew both the natural world and the creatures who inhabit it . In her self - revelatory book of essays , The Spying Heart ( 1989 ) , Paterson ...
... believe not only in the initial creative force of God but in God's continuing power to renew both the natural world and the creatures who inhabit it . In her self - revelatory book of essays , The Spying Heart ( 1989 ) , Paterson ...
Pàgina 143
... believe it , but you hate it . I don't have to believe it , and I think it's beautiful . " ( Bridge to Terabithia 85 ) . Despite May Belle's protests , Leslie refuses to believe that " God goes around damning people to hell " ( 85 ) ...
... believe it , but you hate it . I don't have to believe it , and I think it's beautiful . " ( Bridge to Terabithia 85 ) . Despite May Belle's protests , Leslie refuses to believe that " God goes around damning people to hell " ( 85 ) ...
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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