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2019; Elsevier BV; Volume: 59; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jaac.2019.11.017

1527-5418

Brian P. Kurtz,

Themes in Literature Analysis

Once, there was a figure that was simultaneously so magical and so universal that its sewn velveteen legs hopped from the pages of a children’s book in 1922, and a description of its red eyes found its way into a 1953 article by psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott. 1 Williams M. The Velveteen Rabbit: or How Toys Become Real. Avon Books, New York1922 Google Scholar ,2 Winnicott D. Transitional objects and transitional phenomena—a study of the first not-me possession. Int J Psychoanal. 1953; 34: 89-97 PubMed Google Scholar Once, there was a story whose popularity never faded, and its influence was so primal that it embedded itself in our culture and psyches, like a folk song first shared directly from mouth to ear and later picked up by virtuoso after virtuoso, inspired by the challenge of breathing new life into the tune. Once, there was a richly overflowing font of creative inspiration such that even several generations after Margery Williams, its tales still enthralled readers of those luminaries of contemporary children’s literature, Mo Willems 3 Willems M. Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale. Hyperion Books for Children, New York2004 Google Scholar and Kate DiCamillo.