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Listening to Terrestrial Voices in Ted Chiang’s “The Great Silence” 蒋德昌的《大沉默》倾听地球的声音

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-05-02 DOI: 10.3390/literature2020007

Anne McConnell

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Mid-Pandemic Pedagogy: A Candid Dialogue between Student and Literature Professor 流行病中期教学法:学生与文学教授之间的坦诚对话

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.3390/literature2020006

K. Nash, Emma Carlson

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Call Her Beloved: A Lexicon for Abjection in Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and Beloved 称她为宠儿:托妮·莫里森《最蓝的眼睛》和《宠儿》中表达落魄的词汇

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-03-29 DOI: 10.3390/literature2020005

S. S. Kumar

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Book Review: Jensen (2021). Our Silver City 2094, e-Book. Nottingham: Nottingham Contemporary. ISBN: 978-1399908481 书评:Jensen(2021)。我们的银城2094，电子书。诺丁汉:诺丁汉当代美术馆。ISBN: 978 - 1399908481

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-03-23 DOI: 10.3390/literature2020004

Helen E. Mundler

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Ghassan Chebaro’s 2022 and the Forgotten Climate Crisis in the Middle East. Book Review: Chebaro (2009). 2022. Beirut: Arab Scientific Publishers. ISBN: 978-9953875118 Ghassan Chebaro的2022和中东被遗忘的气候危机。书评:Chebaro(2009)。2022. 贝鲁特:阿拉伯科学出版社。ISBN: 978 - 9953875118

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-02-18 DOI: 10.3390/literature2010003

Ahmad A. Ghashmari

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Philip Pullman and Spiritual Quest 菲利普·普尔曼和《精神探索》

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-02-08 DOI: 10.3390/literature2010002

Geoff M. Boucher, Charlotte Devonport-Ralph

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The Value of Literature, Today and Tomorrow 文学的价值，今天和明天

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-27 DOI: 10.3390/literature2010001

Jerome F. A. Bump

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Contributors and Editors 撰稿人和编辑

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427070_054

Mahnoush H. Arsanjani, Jacob Katz Cogan, R. Sloane, Siegfried Wiessner

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Russian First World War Propaganda Literature through Its Anthologies. Some Observations on Russian Soldier-Literature and Journalistic Reporting 从选集看俄国一战宣传文学。对俄国军人文学与新闻报道的几点观察

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2021-12-15 DOI: 10.3390/literature1020008

L. Cortesi

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Rethinking Love as Passion: Jeanette Winterson’s The Daylight Gate 重新思考爱是激情:珍妮特·温特森的《日光之门》

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Childrens Literature Pub Date : 2021-11-24 DOI: 10.3390/literature1020007

Geoff M. Boucher

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