Mere Creatures: A Study of Modern Fantasy Tales for Children
Toronto: University Of Toronto Press, [1988]. Paperback. 9 by 6 inches; 228 by 152 mm. x, 202 pages. Softcover, in fine condition. The author, a professor of English at the University of British Columbia, discusses ten 20th-century classics of children's literature--Just So Stories, Winnie-the-Pooh, The Wind in the Willows, Charlotte's Web, The Jungle Book, The Wizard of Oz, Ozma of Oz, The Mouse and His Child, Watership Down, and The Hobbit. He explores how their animal and other non-human characters "embody unsocialized traits that appeal to children in their undermining of conformity" and eventually "[bring] back that 'animal energy' that revitalizes society." Seven pages of endnotes and a eight-page index. Item #243
ISBN: 0802066747
Price: $7.50