Waking Sleeping Beauty: Feminist Voices in Children's NovelsA literary criticism focussing on the role of female characters in children's literature from the past and present. |
Contents
Defining the Feminist Childrens Novel | 1 |
Rejecting Traditional | 10 |
Metaphors | 26 |
Copyright | |
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