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From the garden to the street : an introduction to 300 years of poetry for children /

From John Bunyan's 'country rhimes' to rude chants about Manchester United, from Ted Hughes to Edward Lear, and from William Blake to the Taylor sisters, Morag Styles covers three hundred years of poetry with infectious enthusiasm and a keen critical eye. In this scholarly and fascina...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Styles, Morag
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Cassell, 1998.
Colección:Cassell education.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:From John Bunyan's 'country rhimes' to rude chants about Manchester United, from Ted Hughes to Edward Lear, and from William Blake to the Taylor sisters, Morag Styles covers three hundred years of poetry with infectious enthusiasm and a keen critical eye. In this scholarly and fascinating book, she provides an informative account of the history of poetry written for children in Britain and America in the last three centuries. She analyses the major poets, genres and developments over this period, and traces the continuities between the past and the present. Styles asks fundamental questions wh.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxix, 304 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781847140579
1847140572
9786611783266
6611783261
1281783269
9781281783264