Secret gardens
Subtitle: a study of the golden age of children's literature
By: Humphrey Carpenter
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1985
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9780395352939; 9780395573747
Subjects: Children's literature, English; History and criticism; English fiction; Books and reading; Kinderliteratur; Geschichte (1862-1932); Geschichte (1800-1985); Children
Description: Examines the lives and writings of the Golden Age authors--from Alice in Wonderland to Winnie-the-Pooh.
Notes: Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [224]-231.
Table of contents: title: Preface --; title: Prologue : The road to Arcadia -- -- pt. 1.; title: Arrears of destruction -- -- 1.; title: Parson Lot takes a cold bath : Charles Kingsley and The water babies -- -- 2.; title: Alice and the mockery of God -- -- 3.; title: George MacDonald and the tender grandmother -- -- 4.; title: Louisa Alcott and the happy family -- -- pt. 2. The; title: Arcadians -- -- 1.; title: Bevis, the pioneer -- -- 2.; title: Kenneth Grahame and the search for Arcadia -- -- 3.; title: E. Nesbit : a Victorian in disguise -- -- 4.; title: Beatrix Potter : the ironist in Arcadia -- -- 5. The; title: wind in the willows -- -- 6.; title: J.M. Barrie and Peter Pan : "That terrible masterpeice" -- -- 7.; title: A.A. Milne and Winnie-the-Pooh : farewell to the enchanted places --; title: Epilogue : The garden revisited --; title: Notes and references --; title: Index.