Does The Wind in the Willows <\i>need an annotated edition?
Suggesting that Grahame's prose, "encrusted with the patina of age
and affect," has become an obstacle to full appreciation of the
work, Lerer offers the text with running disquisitions in the
margins on now-archaic words and phrases, Edwardian social mores
and a rich array of literary references from Aesop to Gilbert and
Sullivan. Occasionally he goes over the top - making, for instance,
frequent references alongside Toad's supposed mental breakdown to
passages from Kraft-Ebing's writings on clinical insanity - and, as
in his controversial Children's Literature, a Reader's History from
Aesop to Harry Potter <\i>(2008), displays a narcissistic
streak: "This new edition brings The Wind in the
Willows<\i>...into the ambit of contemporary scholarship and
criticism on children's literature..." Still, the commentary will
make enlightening reading for parents or other adults who think
that there's nothing in the story for them - and a closing essay on
(among other topics) the links between Ernest Shepard's art for
this and for Winnie the Pooh <\i>makes an intriguing
lagniappe. (selective resource list) (Literary analysis.
Adult/professional) <\i> (Kirkus Reviews)
Richard Briers, Adrian Scarborough and Terence Rigby star in this
full-cast dramatisation, narrated by Alan Bennett.When Mole
abandons his spring cleaning one morning, he surfaces into the
sunlight and encounters the Water Rat. Mole stays with Ratty in his
snug waterside home, and soon he meets Ratty's friends: Badger, who
lives in the Wild Wood, and the incorrigible Toad of Toad Hall.
This timeless tale of waterside Britain has been loved by
generations of children and acclaimed as a classic. The story of
Mole, Ratty, Badger and Toad and their escapades never fails to
enchant. Many of the original cast from Alan Bennett's acclaimed
National Theatre production appear in this Radio 4 dramatisation,
including Richard Briers as Rat, Adrian Scarborough as Mole and
Terence Rigby as Albert - with Alan Bennett as the narrator.
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A BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation Of Wind In The Willows - 44 Tracks On 2 CDs |
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