Sheila Egoff (1918–2005)
Auteur van Only Connect: Readings on Children's Literature
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Werken van Sheila Egoff
The New Republic Of Childhood: A Critical Guide To Canadian Children's Literature In English (1990) 18 exemplaren
Some Paradoxes to Ponder: The Puzzling and not entirely welcome development of children's literature sine the nineteen… (1996) 4 exemplaren
The republic of childhood : a critical guide to Canadian children's literature in English 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1918-01-20
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2005-05-22
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- Canada
- Geboorteplaats
- Auburn, Maine, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Galt, Ontario, Canada
- Beroepen
- critic of children's literature
university professor - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- May Hill Arbuthnot Lecturer (1979)
Claude Aubry Award (1983)
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See 1996 ed. comments. Essays by J.R.R. Tolkien, Rosemary Sutcliff, Nat Hentoff, many more.
Extremely knowledgeable editors, Sheila Egoff et al. have collected and solicited essays by the likes of the great Roy Stokes, Monica Hughes, Jane Yolen, Tim Wynne-Jones, and Natalie Babbit to create a monsterpiece in the history and criticism of children's literature.
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"Thoughts Concerning Children's Books" by Penelope Mortimer is good, too. It's pretty funny and she's arguing that "a good book cannot possibly be written for a particular age." I don't 100% agree with that statement (I think she wasn't considering books for babies), but I agree with the underlying principle that quality is quality.… (meer)