Title: Winnie-the-Pooh and The house at Pooh corner : recovering arcadia /
Authors: Connolly, Paula T.
Publisher: Twayne Publishers,
Year: 1994
Subjects: Milne, A. A.; Milne, A. A.; Winnie-the-Pooh; Children's stories, English History and criticism; Pastoral fiction, English History and criticism.; Teddy bears in literature.; Arcadia in literature.; Boys in literature; Children Books and reading Great Britain History
Abstract: In the Forest of A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928), we never see any "Hostile Animals" as one the size of a piglet might fear, but instead we see a community of toy animals - Pooh Bear, Piglet, Rabbit, Eeyore, Owl, Kanga, Roo, and Tigger - who accompany their friend. Christopher Robin on his "expeditions." Companionship, safe adventuring, and the acceptance of characters' flaws and foibles are common themes throughout both books, and the episodes tend to have a similar form in which characters meet, adventure together, and then either reconcile if need be or, more frequently, return to their homes - in Pooh's case, usually for some honey.
Contents: Literary and historical context : Milne's England : looking to the past -- The importance of the works : Winnie-the-Pooh and pseudo Pooh -- Critical reception : taking the nursery seriously -- The poems : Milne's visions of childhood.