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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... present of most of the story , the protagonist , Wheeze Bradshaw , the elder twin by a few minutes of beautiful , fragile , talented Caroline , so envies and resents her sister's ever - present place in the limelight that she is blinded ...
... present of most of the story , the protagonist , Wheeze Bradshaw , the elder twin by a few minutes of beautiful , fragile , talented Caroline , so envies and resents her sister's ever - present place in the limelight that she is blinded ...
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... present , looking forward to more developed , di- rectly imitative retellings by Paterson . The Inner Garden : Jess and Leslie's Pine Grove Three years after Of Nightingales That Weep , Paterson published her most fully realized ...
... present , looking forward to more developed , di- rectly imitative retellings by Paterson . The Inner Garden : Jess and Leslie's Pine Grove Three years after Of Nightingales That Weep , Paterson published her most fully realized ...
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... present time . In Many Waters ( 1986 ) , Sandy and Dennys are transported back to the time of Noah , who , because of a dis- pute with his father , is refusing to build the Ark . The two teenagers must again correct a wrong in the past ...
... present time . In Many Waters ( 1986 ) , Sandy and Dennys are transported back to the time of Noah , who , because of a dis- pute with his father , is refusing to build the Ark . The two teenagers must again correct a wrong in the past ...
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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