Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780810393561
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0810393565
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 161
Content:
Joan Aiken (1924-) - Gillian Avery (1926-) - Nina Bawden (1925-) - Michael Bond (1925-) - Lucy M. Boston (1892-1990) - Hester Burton (1913-) - Pauline Clarke (1921-) - Susan Cooper (1935-) - Helen Cresswell (1934-) - Gillian Gross (1945-) - Kevin Crossley-Holland (1941-) - Peter Dickinson (1927-) - Penelope Farmer (1939-) - Jane Gardam (1928-) - Leon Garfield (1921-) - Alan Garner (1934-) -Rumer Godden (1907-) - Cynthia Harnett (1893-1981) - Richard Hughes (1900-1976) - Ted Hughes (1930-) - Mollie Hunter (1922-) - Diana Wynne Jones (1934-) - Penelope Lively (1933-) - Jill Paton Walsh (1937-) - Phillippa Pearce (1920-) - K .M. Peyton (1929-) - James Reeves (1909-1978) - Ian Serraillier (1912-1994) - Margery Sharp (1905-1991) - Barbara Willard (1909-1994).
Content:
Essays on authors whose works range from the traditional or reactionary, to the experimental. During this time, the "problem novel" gained ground. Competition from other media, such as the television, influenced the juvenile-book market. During this period a publishers' group was formed to give serious thought to the direction in which juvenile books should go
Note:
Original 394 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
