Posted on January 26, 2009 by pernodel
Lerer, Seth. Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
This book, it seems, has just been named as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle 2008 awards for criticism. According to its website, the National Book Critics Circle consists of “more than 900 active [...]
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Posted on November 26, 2008 by pernodel
Pratchett, Terry. Nation. London: Doubleday, 2008.
Nation is most interesting (in the context of my alternating narratives project) as a very messy version of the alternating narrative novel. There are, yes, two central characters whose points of view alternate throughout the book. They are, yes, representative of apparently opposite groups or cultures. They do, yes, turn [...]
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Seth Lerer’s Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter
Lerer, Seth. Children’s Literature: A Reader’s History from Aesop to Harry Potter. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
This book, it seems, has just been named as a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle 2008 awards for criticism. According to its website, the National Book Critics Circle consists of “more than 900 active [...]
Filed under: Seth Lerer, Terry Pratchett, adult literature, book trailer, children's and young adult literature, my writing, opera, other things, snippy comments | 9 Comments »