The natural history of make-believe: a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America
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The man in the moon has dropped down for a visit, Alice is passing through a looking glass, Dorothy riding a tornado to Oz, and Jack climbing a beanstalk to the heavens. To enter the world of children's literature is to journey to a realm where the real and the enchanted exist side by side. Spanning three centuries from Perrault's fairy tales to Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are, this volume provides the first literary study devoted solely to imaginative writings for children, and the only history to gather together all the major works of Britain, Europe, and America. In tracing how the nursery rhyme, the fairy tale, and the beast fable evolved into modern nonsense verse and narrative fantasy, we are offered fascinating insights into the works of Beatrix Potter, Rudyard Kipling, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne, amongst others. Goldthwaite's bold claims will inspire some readers and outrage others. He hails Pinocchio, for example, as the greatest of all children's books, but views C.S Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia as a parable that is not only misogynistic but also deeply blasphemous.
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Books and reading
Children
Children's literature
Children's literature -- History and criticism
Children -- Books and reading
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Electronic books
Enfants
Enfants -- Livres et lecture
Fantastische literatuur
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
General
Histoire et critique
History and criticism
Jeugdliteratuur
Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Littérature fantastique
Littérature fantastique -- Histoire et critique
Livres et lecture
Special Interest
TRAVEL
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
Children
Children's literature
Children's literature -- History and criticism
Children -- Books and reading
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Electronic books
Enfants
Enfants -- Livres et lecture
Fantastische literatuur
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
General
Histoire et critique
History and criticism
Jeugdliteratuur
Literary
LITERARY CRITICISM
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Littérature fantastique
Littérature fantastique -- Histoire et critique
Livres et lecture
Special Interest
TRAVEL
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
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Children's literature -- History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Electronic books
Enfants -- Livres et lecture
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Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
Jeugdliteratuur
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Littérature fantastique -- Histoire et critique
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
Children's literature
Children's literature -- History and criticism
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Electronic books
Enfants -- Livres et lecture
Fantastische literatuur
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
Jeugdliteratuur
LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
Littérature fantastique -- Histoire et critique
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Literary
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The natural history of make-believe : a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America
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The Natural History of Make-Believe : A Guide to the Principal Works of Britain, Europe, and America Goldthwaite, John.
The natural history of make-believe : a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America / John Goldthwaite
The natural history of make-believe [electronic resource] : a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America / John Goldthwaite
The natural history of make-believe : a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America / John Goldthwaite
The natural history of make-believe [electronic resource] : a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America / John Goldthwaite
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The natural history of make-believe
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a guide to the principal works of Britain, Europe, and America
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Books and reading
Children
Children's literature
Children's literature -- History and criticism
Enfants
Fantastische literatuur
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
General
Histoire et critique
History and criticism
Jeugdliteratuur
LITERARY CRITICISM
Literary
Littérature fantastique
Livres et lecture
Special Interest
TRAVEL
Children
Children's literature
Children's literature -- History and criticism
Enfants
Fantastische literatuur
Fantasy literature
Fantasy literature -- History and criticism
General
Histoire et critique
History and criticism
Jeugdliteratuur
LITERARY CRITICISM
Literary
Littérature fantastique
Livres et lecture
Special Interest
TRAVEL
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