The burden of consciousness : object animism in children's literature

Animals, plants and objects are often anthropomorphized to delightful effect in children’s literature while adult depictions of the inanimate coming alive almost always occur in the genres of science fiction and horror and have had a much less positive spin. This essay argues that these negative evo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yam, Hui Qing
Other Authors: Walter Philip Wadiak
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/15220