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Towards the end of the nineteenth century children's literature in England entered a Golden Age. Within the space of seventy years some of the greatest classics were written; from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, to The Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan, Winnie the Pooh and The Tales of Beatrix Potter. Humphrey Carpenter, co-author of The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature and author of several highly acclaimed biographies, reassesses the achievements of this fascinating group of writers whose work has delighted generations and has been as influential in its way as that of the romantics or modernists.Mr Carpenter is an enthusiast whose book is as filled with entertaining ideas and information as any fan of children's books could wish. Rachel Billington, Evening Standard .His book is completely engrossing and valuably reshapes its subject. John Carey, Sunday Times. I found it a most enjoyable book. Naomi Lewis, The Observer. His critical manner is in many respects exemplary: sharp, resourceful, diverting and illuminating. Patricia Craig, London Review of Books.
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Humphrey Carpenter was born and educated in Oxford, and attended the Dragon School and Keble College. He was a well-known biographer and children's writer, and worked previously as a producer at the BBC. He wrote biographies of J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden, Benjamin Britten, Ezra Pound, C. S. Lewis and Dennis Potter. Among his many books for children were the best-selling Mr Majeika series. He also wrote several plays for the theatre and radio. A keen musician, he was a member of a 1930s-style jazz band, Vile Bodies, which was resident at the Ritz Hotel in London for a number of years. He died in 2005.
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- PublisherHarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Publication date1987
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