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)
Far from fading with time, Kenneth Grahame's classic tale of
fantasy has attracted a growing audience in each generation. Rat,
Mole, Badger and the preposterous Mr Toad (with his
'Poop-poop-poop' road-hogging new motor-car), have brought delight
to many through the years with their odd adventures on and by the
river, and at the imposing residence of Toad Hall. Grahame's book
was later dramatised by A. A. Milne, and became a perennial
Christmas favourite, as Toad of Toad Hall. It continues to enchant
and, above all perhaps, inspire great affection.
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