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Twice-Told Children's Tales: The Influence of Childhood Reading on Writers for Adults


Book Description
Writers, as they often attest, are deeply influenced by their childhood reading. Salman Rushdie, for example, has said that "The Wizard of Oz" "made a writer of me." "Twice-Told Tales" is a collection of essays on the way the works of adult writers have been influenced by their childhood reading. This fascinating volume includes theoretical essays on Salman Rushdie and the "Oz" books, "Beauty and ... More
Book Information
PublisherRoutledge Books
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages280
ISBN-100415972051
ISBN-13978-0415972055
Publication Date06/17/2005
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About Betty Greenway (Author, Editor) : Betty Greenway is a published author and an editor. Some of the published credits of Betty Greenway include Aidan Chambers: Master Literary Choreographer (Scarcrow Studies in Young Adult Literature), ... more
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