Talking animals in children's fiction : a critical study /
Elick, Catherine L.
Talking animals in children's fiction : a critical study / Catherine L. Elick. - x, 258 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Entering the wonderland of 'what if': Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) -- Contested borders: Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1908) -- Advocating for animals: Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series (1920-1952) -- Exploring the mystery of shared origins : P.L. Travers's Mary Poppins Series (1934-1988) -- A revisionist history of revolutionary America: Robert Lawson's Ben and Me (1939) -- Feasting at the feet of St. Francis: Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill (1944) -- The animal in us: E.B. White's Stuart Little (1945) -- Sowing the good word: E.B. White's Charlotte's Web (1952) -- New York's Times Square as carnival market square: George Selden's The Cricket in Times Square (1960) -- Escaping the rat race: Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971).
"Talking-animal tales have conveyed anticruelty messages since the 18th-century beginnings of children's literature. Beginning with the ideas of literary theorist Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin, this book examines ways in which animal characters gain an aura of authority through using language and then participate in reversals of power"--
9780786478781 0786478780
40024730125
2015002140
GBB711717 bnb
017364190 Uk
Animals in literature.
Anthropomorphism in literature.
Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
Children's stories, American--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
PR 830 .C513 / E45 2015
Talking animals in children's fiction : a critical study / Catherine L. Elick. - x, 258 pages ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Entering the wonderland of 'what if': Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) -- Contested borders: Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows (1908) -- Advocating for animals: Hugh Lofting's Doctor Dolittle series (1920-1952) -- Exploring the mystery of shared origins : P.L. Travers's Mary Poppins Series (1934-1988) -- A revisionist history of revolutionary America: Robert Lawson's Ben and Me (1939) -- Feasting at the feet of St. Francis: Robert Lawson's Rabbit Hill (1944) -- The animal in us: E.B. White's Stuart Little (1945) -- Sowing the good word: E.B. White's Charlotte's Web (1952) -- New York's Times Square as carnival market square: George Selden's The Cricket in Times Square (1960) -- Escaping the rat race: Robert C. O'Brien's Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (1971).
"Talking-animal tales have conveyed anticruelty messages since the 18th-century beginnings of children's literature. Beginning with the ideas of literary theorist Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin, this book examines ways in which animal characters gain an aura of authority through using language and then participate in reversals of power"--
9780786478781 0786478780
40024730125
2015002140
GBB711717 bnb
017364190 Uk
Animals in literature.
Anthropomorphism in literature.
Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
Children's stories, American--History and criticism.
English fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century
PR 830 .C513 / E45 2015