John Goldthwaite is a noted children's book author whose essays and reviews have appeared in Signal, Harper's, The New York Times, and New York Magazine.
"Not for years has there been such an exhilarating, cranky,
passionate, and ambitiously erudite new work of scholarship about
children's literature.... John Goldthwaite has paid children's
stories the honor of taking them seriously as literature and
subjecting them to the tough, informed, and historical scrutiny
they deserve. His theories may provoke fierce debate, but they are
grounded in deeply humane, intelligently argued and honorable
conviction."--The
Washington Post Book World
"Thought-provoking work. While shedding new light on the sources of
Carlo Collodi, Lewis Carroll, and Beatrix Potter, [Goldthwaite]
suggests how the nursery rhyme, beast fable, and fairy tale have
evolved into modern fantasy. Students of children's literature and
anyone interested in the world of make-believe will find this
stimulating."--Booklist
"In his work John Goldthwaite combines a writer's intention (how to
make this story whole) and a scholar's curiosity (how and where do
these bits fit) with a reader's love of what reading is good for.
The Natural History is passionate, authoritative, unsettling,
witty, and, in the words of a Signal reporter, 'hugely
mature.'"--Nancy Chambers, Editor, Signal
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