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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... finally articulated as " She'd al- ready decided that she would marry him " ( 32 ) . These are but a few of many examples of character's discourse , without comments from the narrator . What I find remarkable about this novel is that ...
... finally articulated as " She'd al- ready decided that she would marry him " ( 32 ) . These are but a few of many examples of character's discourse , without comments from the narrator . What I find remarkable about this novel is that ...
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... finally con- fronted and confessed , can be washed away only by brutal self - sacrifice . In the book's worst moment , Wheeze is literally hit on the head with the Word that was in the beginning , beaten into accepting the Peace that ...
... finally con- fronted and confessed , can be washed away only by brutal self - sacrifice . In the book's worst moment , Wheeze is literally hit on the head with the Word that was in the beginning , beaten into accepting the Peace that ...
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... Finally , after what seems a cruelly unnecessary delay on Paterson's part , comes the long - overdue assurance from her practically somnambulistic mother that should she leave the is- land , Wheeze's parents will miss her " more " than ...
... Finally , after what seems a cruelly unnecessary delay on Paterson's part , comes the long - overdue assurance from her practically somnambulistic mother that should she leave the is- land , Wheeze's parents will miss her " more " than ...
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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