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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... readers are left without any guidance as to the characters ' inner qualities , behavior , or ideology . Readers must themselves decide whether Jesse has betrayed Leslie , whether Gilly is as great as she imagines , or whether Vinnie is ...
... readers are left without any guidance as to the characters ' inner qualities , behavior , or ideology . Readers must themselves decide whether Jesse has betrayed Leslie , whether Gilly is as great as she imagines , or whether Vinnie is ...
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... reading guideline for the informed readers , acquire for Jesse a pronounced character of spiritual guidance , initiating the novice into a mystery . Filter provides the readers with a sense of superiority over the protago- nist ...
... reading guideline for the informed readers , acquire for Jesse a pronounced character of spiritual guidance , initiating the novice into a mystery . Filter provides the readers with a sense of superiority over the protago- nist ...
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... readers any hope . Paterson has refuted such criticism by saying that " there is no way that we can tack [ hope ] on ... readers ' , readers may indeed wonder whether Jesse can cope without Leslie , or Gilly without Maime Trotter ...
... readers any hope . Paterson has refuted such criticism by saying that " there is no way that we can tack [ hope ] on ... readers ' , readers may indeed wonder whether Jesse can cope without Leslie , or Gilly without Maime Trotter ...
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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