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children's literature
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...children's literature, writing whose primary audience...of what came to be regarded as children's literature was first meant for adults...spawning innumerable genres of children's literature. Fantasy writ...
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Brazilian literature
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......of the new land. Brazilian literature began with the letter of Pero...considered the father of Brazilian literature. The dualism of European tradition...appeared in the same year, and the children's literature of José Bento Monteiro Lobato......
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juvenile literature
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...juvenile literature: see children's literature....
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illustration
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......and Winslow Homer. Fiction and Children's LiteratureIllustration of fiction...illustration is done in the field of children's literature. From Beatrix Potter to Ludwig...a number of gifted writers of children's stories have illustrated their......
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Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson
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......wrote several adult novels, but is famous for her children's books, particularly Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886...generally viewed as one of the most influential books in children's literature. See biographies by A. Thwaite (1974) and G......
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Miami University
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......1824. The library has extensive collections in literature and American history, including the William Holmes...and Museum and the Edgar W. King collection of children's literature. Other campuses are located at Hamilton and Middletown......
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Lagerlöf, Selma
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......short stories of The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1906, tr. 1907) are classics of children's literature. She received the 1909 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first woman to be thus honored. See biographies by H. A. Larsen (1936) and......
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Sillitoe, Alan
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......Barbarians (1973), essays, e.g., A Flight of Arrows (2003), travel books, e.g., Gadfly (2007), children's literature, e.g., Marmalade Jim at the Farm (1980), and other novels, e.g., The Widower's Son (1976......
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Ward, Mrs. Humphry
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......first publications were translations of Spanish literature and a children's book, Millie and Olly (1881). Robert Elsmere...achievements include the founding of the Invalid Children's School in 1891. See her autobiography, A Writer......
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Le Clézio, Jean-Marie Gustave
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......Ballaciner (2007), a personal exploration of the art of film; and children's books, e.g., Lullaby (1980). In 2008 Le Clézio was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.See studies by J. R. Waelti-Walters (1977), B. Martin......