Willy Wonka, Dahl's Chickens and Heavenly Visions.

This article reconsiders Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 50 years after its initial UK publication, and over a hundred years since Dahl's birth. It suggests that the book has often been misinterpreted, in that the work is more critical of modern capitalism than is often recognised, ca...

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Publicado en:Children's Literature in Education Vol. 51; no. 1; pp. 125 - 143
Autor principal: Rudd, David
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Mar2020
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