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- catalog abstract ""From his tumultuous beginning to his glorious retirement, Wilbur, the pig who plays the central role of E.B. White's well-known children's work, Charlotte's Web (1952), appeals to readers of all ages. Chatting away with his animal neighbors, the ducks, and his sly rat friend, Templeton, Wilbur's comfortable life has only one complication: the threat of his impending appointment with the slaughter table. However, Wilbur leaves his fate to Charlotte, his trusted eight-legged friend, and her ingeniousness proves as surprising and delightful to him as it is to the human world for which it is intended. A classic from the time of its first printing, Charlotte's Web remains an integral part of the canon of children's literature today." "John Griffith masterfully reflects upon the innocence E.B. White's story represents and explores why it was the ideal story for its time: an era when America reveled in the end of the last of the great wars, but never forgot the Great Depression. Likewise, Korea was a discomforting but distant place for the people of the 1950s, as distant as was the chopping block to Wilbur." "Opening with a concise yet thorough chronology of E.B. White's life, Griffith successfully proceeds to show the reader how E.B. White's life-style, notably White's own experience as a Maine farmer, is reflected in Charlotte's Web. Especially enlightening is Griffith's comparison of the author's writing style as a New Yorker magazine contributor to that used in Charlotte's Web. Finally, Griffith asks - and answers - the most puzzling question of this deceptively simple tale, namely, "Why should a pig be saved at all?"" "John Griffith's Charlotte's Web: A Pig's Salvation is a guide to understanding one of the most charming tales ever written."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b5553930.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description ""From his tumultuous beginning to his glorious retirement, Wilbur, the pig who plays the central role of E.B. White's well-known children's work, Charlotte's Web (1952), appeals to readers of all ages. Chatting away with his animal neighbors, the ducks, and his sly rat friend, Templeton, Wilbur's comfortable life has only one complication: the threat of his impending appointment with the slaughter table. However, Wilbur leaves his fate to Charlotte, his trusted eight-legged friend, and her ingeniousness proves as surprising and delightful to him as it is to the human world for which it is intended. A classic from the time of its first printing, Charlotte's Web remains an integral part of the canon of children's literature today." "John Griffith masterfully reflects upon the innocence E.B. White's story represents and explores why it was the ideal story for its time: an era when America reveled in the end of the last of the great wars, but never forgot the Great Depression. Likewise, Korea was a discomforting but distant place for the people of the 1950s, as distant as was the chopping block to Wilbur." "Opening with a concise yet thorough chronology of E.B. White's life, Griffith successfully proceeds to show the reader how E.B. White's life-style, notably White's own experience as a Maine farmer, is reflected in Charlotte's Web. Especially enlightening is Griffith's comparison of the author's writing style as a New Yorker magazine contributor to that used in Charlotte's Web. Finally, Griffith asks - and answers - the most puzzling question of this deceptively simple tale, namely, "Why should a pig be saved at all?"" "John Griffith's Charlotte's Web: A Pig's Salvation is a guide to understanding one of the most charming tales ever written."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "A reading : White's style -- Why a pig should be saved -- On nature -- The fable.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Literary and historical context : The historical context -- The importance of Charlotte's Web -- The critical reception.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 116 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0805788123 (cloth)".
- catalog identifier "0805788131 (ppr)".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 12 [i.e. 128]".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 128".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne Publishers ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
- catalog subject "813/.52 20".
- catalog subject "PS3545.H5187 C534 1993".
- catalog subject "Salvation In literature.".
- catalog subject "Swine In literature.".
- catalog subject "White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. Charlotte's web.".
- catalog tableOfContents "A reading : White's style -- Why a pig should be saved -- On nature -- The fable.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Literary and historical context : The historical context -- The importance of Charlotte's Web -- The critical reception.".
- catalog title "Charlotte's web : a pig's salvation / John Griffith.".
- catalog type "text".