pastoral fiction, english

A critical analysis of the popular children's stories "Winnie-the-Pooh," and "The House at Pooh Corner," exploring the pretechnological world in which the characters live, and discussing the themes of companionship, safe adventuring, and acceptance that characterize both books.

A seventy-fifth anniversary celebration of Winnie-the-Pooh, tracing the history of the beloved bear, inspired by a stuffed toy bought for creator A. A. Milne's son's first birthday, from 1926 through the early twenty-first century. Includes color artwork, original sketches, photographs, newspaper reports, and reproductions of manuscript pages.

Includes discussions of the work's influence, historical context, and critical reception in addition to a chronology and bibliography.