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Author:

Carpenter, Humphrey.

Title:

Secret gardens : a study of the golden age of children's literature / Humphrey Carpenter.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin,

Copyright Date:

1985

Description:

xi, 235 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Children--Great Britain--Books and reading.

Notes:

Bibliography: p. [224]-231. Includes index.

Contents:

Index. Prologue : The road to Arcadia -- 7. Arrears of destruction -- 1. Parson Lot takes a cold bath : Charles Kingsley and The water babies -- 2. Alice and the mockery of God -- 3. George MacDonald and the tender grandmother -- 4. Louisa Alcott and the happy family -- pt. 2. The Arcadians -- 1. Bevis, the pioneer -- 2. Kenneth Grahame and the search for Arcadia -- 3. E. Nesbit : a Victorian in disguise -- 4. Beatrix Potter : the ironist in Arcadia -- 5. The wind in the willows -- 6. J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan : "That terrible masterpeice" -- 7. A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh : farewell to the enchanted places -- Epilogue : The garden revisited -- Notes and references -- Index.

ISBN:

9780395573747
0395573742
9780395352939
0395352932

LCCN:

85005213

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