#AUTHOR GRAHAME, KENNETH (1859-1932) A1040 BRAYBROOKE, NEVILLE. "Kenneth Grahame--1859-1932: A Cente nary Study." EE 36 (January 1959):11-15. "Music, magic, and beauty" distinguish Grahame's writing. Dis cusses Dream Days and The Golden Age as well as Wind in the Willows. A1041 -----. "A Note on Kenneth Grahame." Horn Book 46 (October 1970):504-7. Concise comments on Grahame's style and background. Similar to Braybrooke's earlier article in EE (see above). A1042 CARPENTER, HUMPHREY. "Kenneth Grahame and the Search for Arcadia." In Secret Gardens, pp. 115-25. Views Grahame as Richard Jeffries's follower in getting "inside the experience of childhood," but unlike Jeffries, Grahame was able to "communicate great excitement" to the reader. Concentrates on The Golden Age, with its Good Place and Golden City accessible through the imagination. Also points out the tension between "Wan derer" and "Home-lover" that dominates all of Grahame's work. Pro vides a detailed analysis of Wind in the Willows in a separate chapter, pp. 151-69, exploring the influences of Beatrix Potter and Richard Jeffries and the symbolism of the River and the Kitchen. A1043 CRIPPS, ELIZABETH A. "Kenneth Grahame: Children's Author?" CLE, n.s. 12, no. 1 (Spring 1981):15-23. Explores reasons why some parts of Grahame's work are more appealing to children than others, within the context of the conti nuing controversy over whether or not Grahame is a children's writer. A1044 FADIMAN, CLIFTON. "Professionals and Confessionals: Dr. Seuss & Kenneth Grahame." In Egoff, Only Connect, 1st ed., pp. 316-22; 2d ed., pp. 277-80. Suggests that while Grahame put "his deepest sense of the mean ing of his own adult life" into Wind in the Willows, Dr. Seuss writes not as "self-revelation, but to please and entertain himself and his young readers." A1045 GREEN, PETER. Kenneth Grahame: A Biography. Cleveland: World Publishing, 1959, 400 pp. Traces the origins of various themes, elements, and characters in Wind in The Willows, on pages 272-86. A1046 INGLIS, FRED. Promise of Happiness, pp. 117-23. Finds Wind in the Willows one of the "shaping spirits of all that was to be written for children thereafter." Views Badger's kitchen as the embodiment of "continuity" and "home" and every child's "Hidey- hole." A1047 KUZNETS, LOIS. "Toad Hall Revisited." Children's Literature 7 (1978):115-28. "In this study I try to show that homesickness is not peripheral but central to Wind in the Willows and is buried deep in its struc ture, as it is in the word `nostalgia.'" A1048 LOWE, ELIZABETH COCHRAN. "Kenneth Grahame and the Beast Tale." Ph.D. dissertation, New York University, 1976, 230 pp., DA 37:5817A. Studies Wind in the Willows as an example of the beast tale in transition--the animal characters exhibiting the major effects of romanticism, Darwinism, and the industrial revolution. A1049 POSS, GERALDINE D. "An Epic in Arcadia: The Pastoral World of The Wind in the Willows." Children's Literature 4 (1975):80-90. Grahame's epic and Arcadian themes are traced from their begin nings in his early stories to their fuller development in Wind in the Willows where Grahame has included "the gentler trappings of epic," but omitted "all aspects of the heroic life that might cause strife and pain and eventually death." A1050 RAY, LAURA KRUGMAN. "Kenneth Grahame and the Literature of Childhood." English Literature In Transition 20 (1977):3-12. Examines the portrayal of childhood in Grahame's The Golden Age. A1051 RYAN, J.S. "The Wild Wood--Place of Danger, Place of Protest." Orana 19 (August 1983):133-40. Examines the tradition of the forest or wild wood as a place of defiance and adventure in English literature, particularly in the work of Kenneth Grahame. A1052 SALE, ROGER. "Kenneth Grahame." In Fairy Tales, pp. 164-93. Includes a close reading of Wind in the Willows. A1053 SHEPARD, ERNEST H. "Illustrating Wind in the Willows." Horn Book 30 (April 1954):83-86. Briefly describes his meeting with Grahame and his exploration of the river bank in preparation for illustrating the book. A1054 SMITH, KATHRYN A. "Kenneth Grahame and the Singing Willows." EE 45 (December 1968):1024-35. Looks for the key to Grahame's genius in his biography and in his distinct writing style. Characterizes him as one of the "men whose ways with language let them convey their knowing in unfor gettable ways." A1055 STEIG, MICHAEL. "At the Back of The Wind in the Willows: An Experiment in Biographical and Autobiographical Interpretation." Victorian Studies 24 (Spring 1981):303-23. Describes an approach to criticism that combines a history of the critic's own reading of the book (in the manner of David Bleich's Subjective Criticism) with biographical criticism. A1056 STERCK, KENNETH. "The Wind in the Willows." CLE, o.s., no. 12 (September 1973):20-28. Explores some of the themes of Wind in the Willows that have different appeal for children and adults. A1057 TAYLOR, S. KEITH. "Universal Themes in Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows." Ed.D. dissertation, Temple University, 1967, 208 pp., DA 29:1216A. Sees the book on two levels: (1) as a child's tale of adventure and, (2) as an adult's book--Grahame's letter to himself, heavy with symbolism. Concludes that the book is "a mine of universal themes to be uncovered, dug out, observed, and enjoyed by the probing lit erary miner." A1058 TUCKER, NICHOLAS. "The Children's Falstaff." TLS, 26 June 1969. (Reprinted in Suitable for Children?, pp. 160-64.) Sees the character and adventures of the "bad, low animal" Toad as the key to the book's appeal to children. A1059 WATKINS, TONY. "`Making a Break for the Real England': The River Bankers Revisited." ChLAQ 9, no. 1 (Spring 1984):34-35. Summarizes a number of recent critical interpretations (by Poss, Kuznets, and Zanger) of Wind in the Willows and the book's use in advertisements by the English Tourism Board. Reflects upon the ways in which the "meanings" of a work are influenced by its social context, and concludes that "Rereading The Wind in Willows in the context of nostalgia for the `real England' may help us understand a little more about the space occupied by the category `children's literature' in our culture." A1060 WILLIAMS, JAY. "Reflections on Wind in the Willows." Signal 21 (September 1976):103-7. Sees "cosiness" and "snugness" as keys to the book's charm.