When Toys Come Alive: Narratives of Animation, Metamorphosis, and Development

by Lois Rostow Kuznets

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Since the eighteenth century, toys have had an important place in European and American stories written for children and adults, often taking on a secret, sensual, even carnivalesque life of their own. In this groundbreaking work, Lois Rostow Kuznets studies the role of toy characters in works ranging from older classics like Pinocchio, Winnie the Pooh, and The Velveteen Rabbit, through modern texts like The Mouse and His Child...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0300056451

ISBN13:9780300056457

Release Date:June 1994

Publisher:Yale University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:1.30 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"

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