Research Catalog

Title

Mother Goose, from nursery to literature / by Gloria T. Delamar.

Author

Delamar, Gloria T.

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c1987.

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Details

Description

xviii, 314 : ill.; 24 cm.

Subject

• Mother Goose
• Children's poetry, English > History and criticism
• Nursery rhymes, English > History and criticism
• Folk poetry, English > History and criticism
• Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism
• Popular literature > Great Britain > History and criticism
• Nursery rhymes in English Origins

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-293) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Goosey, Goosey, Gander, Whither Dost Thou Wander? A General History of Mother Goose -- Potshots and Praise: Analysis and Relevance -- Antiquities for Lulling and Mulling: Lullabies, Infant Amusements, and Riddles -- Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody: With Oliver Goldsmith's Maxims -- ABC's and 1, 2, 3's: Alphabets, Numbers, and Mnemonic Rhymes -- From Long Ago and Far Away: Sources in Religion, Legend, Antiquity -- Skeleton Keys to Dame Goose's Kingdom: Historical Allusions and Satires -- The Bard Evokes the Nursery: Tracking Shakespearean References -- Nursery Versery from Erudite Pens: Identifying Some Authors -- Paralleling Childlore to Create Literature: Nursery Rhymes and Robert Burns -- Sit and Spin a Spell: Narrative Ballads -- Cooking the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg: Uses and Abuses of Mother Goose Rhymes -- Chronological Bibliography of Important: Nursery and Mother Goose Books.

ISBN

0899502806 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^87042504^

OCLC

• 16405760
• SCSB-10668115

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library