Author: Goldthwaite, John
Title: The Natural History of Make-Believe. A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe, and America
Description: Oxford University Press 1996, 8vo. 386 pp. Hard cover, half cloth with dust jacket (spine slightly faded). Very good clean copy. gram. This rich literary history will be required reading for anyone who cares about children's books and their enduring influence on how we come to see the world. The Man in the Moon has dropped down to earth for a visit. Over the hedge, a rabbit in trousers is having a pipe with his evening paper. Elsewhere, Alice is passing through a looking glass, Dorothy riding a tornado to Oz, and Jack climbing a beanstalk to heaven. To enter the world of children's literature is to journey to a realm where the miraculous and the mundane exist side by side, a world that is at once recognizable and real--and enchanted. Dik boek.
Keywords: literatuur
See more books from our catalog: criticism, analysis
Title: The Natural History of Make-Believe. A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe, and America
Description: Oxford University Press 1996, 8vo. 386 pp. Hard cover, half cloth with dust jacket (spine slightly faded). Very good clean copy. gram. This rich literary history will be required reading for anyone who cares about children's books and their enduring influence on how we come to see the world. The Man in the Moon has dropped down to earth for a visit. Over the hedge, a rabbit in trousers is having a pipe with his evening paper. Elsewhere, Alice is passing through a looking glass, Dorothy riding a tornado to Oz, and Jack climbing a beanstalk to heaven. To enter the world of children's literature is to journey to a realm where the miraculous and the mundane exist side by side, a world that is at once recognizable and real--and enchanted. Dik boek.
Keywords: literatuur
Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: Paginaat
- Book number: 98
- Book number: 98
See more books from our catalog: criticism, analysis