E.B. White Archives - Cathrin Hagey https://www.cathrinhagey.com/tag/e-b-white/ Author and Blogger Mon, 09 Oct 2023 20:50:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 67173325 Wee folk, not twee folk https://www.cathrinhagey.com/wee-folk-not-twee-folk/ Sun, 20 Apr 2014 03:23:15 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=3167 From the wee folk of long ago (fairies, leprechauns, pixies…) to Hans Christian Andersen’s Thumbelina, and to Mary Norton’s The Borrowers, sentient beings of very small size have fascinated, delighted, and horrified us, but they never fail to capture our attention. In writing this piece I discovered there are far more books about wee folk […]

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]]> 3167 Some Pig https://www.cathrinhagey.com/some-pig/ Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:59:25 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=1453 I came across “The Radiant Life: Thoughts on the Enduring Significance of Charlotte’s Web” by Jonathan Young (L.A. Daily News Op-Ed Guest Column, 2007). Dr. Young is a psychologist and storyteller who oversees The Center for Story and Symbol and was the founding curator for the Joseph Campbell Archives and Library. The article isn’t new, […]

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]]> 1453 Stuart Little’s Quiet Champion https://www.cathrinhagey.com/stuart-littles-quiet-champion/ https://www.cathrinhagey.com/stuart-littles-quiet-champion/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 15:50:50 +0000 https://www.cathrinhagey.com/?p=297 A great American essayist and literary stylist wrote a book for children, and a deluge of scornful criticisms followed. Was the book offensive? Would it cause children to rebel against parental authority? Apparently not, but E.B. White’s first work of fiction for children, Stuart Little, was greeted with more acrimony than was the fictional mouse-child […]

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