Masculinity in Children's Animal Stories, 1888-1928

Wynn William Yarbrough has published articles on Rudyard Kipling, Kenneth Grahame, and A.A. Milne. An assistant professor of English and children’s literature at the University of the District of Columbia, he lives in Mount Rainier, Maryland.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction—Play’s the Thing      1. Adventures, Escapes and Violence      2. Aestheticism, Christianity and Spirituality: Masculinity in Flux      3. Reputation, Hierarchy, Masculine Logic, Law and Codes      4. Collaboration, Compromise, Group Performances      Conclusion—The Hidden, the Subversive, the Traditional      Chapter Notes      Works Cited      Index

“ideas about masculinity could be more freely expressed and exhibited under cover of an animal skin”—Reference & Research Book News; “In prose refreshingly accessible, Yarbrough guides his readers through the literary rites of masculinity in anthropo-morphized characters.... A valuable addition.”—Lisa Rowe Fraustino, professor, Eastern Connecticut State University, and former president, Children’s Literature Association; “Yarbrough operates on the assumption that the use of animals as characters allows representations of gender roles that might [otherwise] have been questioned. A thorough and meticulous analysis of the works of Wilde, Kipling, Grahame, Potter and Milne.”—John Morgenstern, associate professor of English, Mount Saint Vincent University, and author of Playing with Books: A Study of the Reader as Child (McFarland, 2009)