Storytime
Published on 1. August 2019
300 pages
978-1-925384-69-7 (ISBN)
Description
What was it exactly? Wonder, rapture delight, surprised recognition, laughter - but also darker feelings that made my heart beat fast and my stomach turn over, and sometimes a frantic urge to close the book before whatever it was sucked me in and destroyed me. But always, I read on.
In Storytime, author and literary critic Jane Sullivan takes us from Wonderland to Narnia, Moomintroll to Mr Toad and from Winnie the Pooh to the Magic Pudding, to find out why her favourite childhood books were so vitally important, and how they shaped the woman she is today.
This intimate, intense and emotional adventure down memory lane is much, much more than nostalgia. It is a surprising and sometimes disturbing voyage of self-discovery. As Jane relives old joys and faces old fears, she discovers that the books were not what she thought they were, and she was not the child she thought she was.
In Storytime, author and literary critic Jane Sullivan takes us from Wonderland to Narnia, Moomintroll to Mr Toad and from Winnie the Pooh to the Magic Pudding, to find out why her favourite childhood books were so vitally important, and how they shaped the woman she is today.
This intimate, intense and emotional adventure down memory lane is much, much more than nostalgia. It is a surprising and sometimes disturbing voyage of self-discovery. As Jane relives old joys and faces old fears, she discovers that the books were not what she thought they were, and she was not the child she thought she was.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. The Story of Pisk: The Myths of Greece and Rome
- 2. Curiouser: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
- 3. A Boy and His Bear: Winnie-the-Pooh The House at Pooh Corner
- 4. Things Begin to Happen: The Castle of Adventure
- 5. Mamma on The Bookshelf: Finn Family Moomintroll
- 6. The Flashing Eyes of Betty Roland: The Silent Three
- 7. Genius Burns: Little Women
- 8. Mr Toad and The Gates of Dawn: The Wind in the Willows
- 9. I'm Going To Believe In Magic As Hard As I Can: The Enchanted Castle
- 10. A Sockdolager on The Muzzle: The Magic Pudding
- 11. She Was The Professor of Greek At Oxford: The Warden's Niece
- 12. The Very End of The World: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
- 13. The Shudder and The Cold Seed: Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
- 14. Sandwiched Between Miles of Rock: The Weirdstone of Brisingamen
- 15. The Temptation and The Cure: The Myths of Greece and Rome
- Acknowledgements
- References
