From Mythic to Linear: Time in Children's Literature
- ISBN-10
- 0810849526
- ISBN-13
- 9780810849525
- Category
- Children
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-01-01
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Author
- Maria Nikolajeva
Description
In this radically new approach to text typology, Maria Nikolajeva examines the depiction of time in literature for children.
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