The Literature Network - The growing pains of Pan.(Book Review)

The growing pains of Pan.(Book Review)

Content courtesy of

From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20050617
Author:

Byline: CHRISTOPHER HUDSON

Joy of youth: J.M. Barrie plays with his adopted son Michael, who is dressed as Peter Pan

THE AUTHORS of the great children's classics all lived at a tangent to normal society. Edward Lear was homosexual, depressive and subject to epileptic fits.

Charles Kingsley, apart from regularly flagellating his wife, was fairly normal, but The Water Babies is more an adult satire than a children's book.

Lewis Carroll was decidedly eccentric.

Kenneth Grahame of The Wind In The Willows fame was effectively orphaned at a very young age. And ...

Read the rest of this article with a Free Trial at HighBeam Research.

Other Articles on Charles Kingsley

Charles Kingsley

The tailor transformed: Kingsley's 'Alton Locke' and the notion of change. (Charles Kingsley)

Kingsley's 'Alton Locke.'.(Charles Kingsley's novel)

Henry Kingsley

From whence we came, to where we're going; Serving the community for 110 years

Kingsley-Duvall

The Apostle of the Flesh: A Critical Life of Charles Kingsley.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

Death of Mary Kingsley.(explorer of West Africa)(Brief Article)

Charles Kingsley: divine love, divine order.

Provost takes the Dickens of a job.(News)

Find More Articles

About Our Articles: We've partnered with Highbeam Research to provide these article excerpts for your research needs. However, due to copyright laws, we cannot publish the whole article. To view these articles in full length you'll need to use the link above to access the free trial at Highbeam.