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• Bluebeard's Brides: The Dream of the Blue Chamber

  From: Grand Street

  Autumn 19893,170 words Critical essay In 1697 Charles Perrault, poet, courtier, deviser of pageants for His Majesty Louis XIV, published a collection of stories, under the title Tales of Olden Times, or Mother Goose Tales (Contes du temps passé, ou Contes de...

• Review of Holes.

  From: School Librarian

  Spring 2000245 words Book review, Critical essay Stanley Yelnats comes from a family unlucky to the point of persecution ever since 'No good (etc.) great-great-grandfather' came over from Latvia. Wrongly accused of stealing a basketball star's smelly sneakers being...

• Review of Gold: The Final Science Fiction Collection.

  From: Publishers Weekly

  Jan. 2, 1995260 words Book review, Critical essay Asimov, who died in 1992 and whose influence can hardly be exaggerated, is ill-served by this work, two-thirds of which consists of book introductions and editorials he wrote for Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine....

• The Greening of Isaac Asimov: Cultural Change and Political Futures

  From: Extrapolation

  Spring 19903,706 words Critical essay Many science fiction writers attempt to create plausible future worlds by extrapolating scientific, technological, and social trends into the future. Such extrapolations are often quickly out of date, since scientific...

• The Greening of Isaac Asimov: Cultural Change and Political Futures

  From: Extrapolation

  Spring 19903,605 words Critical essay Many science fiction writers attempt to create plausible future worlds by extrapolating scientific, technological, and social trends into the future. Such extrapolations are often quickly out of date, since scientific...

• Best Books of 1999

  From: The Progressive

  Jan. 2000462 words Critical essay I have a confession to make. Well, "confession" may be the wrong word, since I am proud of this trait: I love young adult novels. Want a well-written, entertaining, spirited, perceptive critique of society? The best...

• Bestsellers K-12

  From: Teacher Librarian

  Sept. 1999158 words Critical essay Author Louis Sachar, previously known for light fare, takes a quantum leap with Holes. Winner of the 1999 national Book Award and the 1999 Newbery Medal, it brilliantly revolves around overweight Stanley Yelnats (his...

• Cendrillon and the Ogre: Women in Fairy Tales and Sade

  From: Romantic Review

  Jan. 19907,066 words Critical essay In Perrault's verse tale "Griselidis," Griselda's husband, the king, has locked her in a dark room and removed all the jewels and finery she was given as queen. Her reaction is emblematic of the presentation of women in...

• Review of Holes. Magpies

  From: Magpies

  Mar. 2000815 words Book review, Critical essay, Young adult review 'If you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun, it will turn him into a good boy.' If it hadn't been for his no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather Stanley Yelnats wouldn't...

• Review of The Wide Window.

  From: School Library Journal

  Jan. 2000233 words Book review, Critical essay, Young adult review Gr 5-7--This is "Book the Third" in a series about the wealthy and clever but unfortunate Baudelaire children who were orphaned in a tragic fire. Pursued by the evil Count Olaf, who murdered their parents and their last...