Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism | The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame - Further Reading

FURTHER READING

BIOGRAPHIES

Chalmers, Patrick R. Kenneth Grahame: Life, Letters and Unpublished Work. London: Methuen and Co., 1933, 321 p.

The first biography of Grahame, relying on the reminiscences of Grahame's widow, Elspeth.

Graham, Eleanor. Kenneth Grahame. London: Bodley Head, 1963, 72 p.

A brief biographical and critical study from a noted children's writer.

Green, Peter. Kenneth Grahame, 1859-1932: A Study of His Life, Works and Times. London: John Murray, 1959, 400 p.

Argues that Grahame was far more complex than critics and readers realized, and identifies a number of late nineteenth-century issues and concerns in his work. Green finds Grahame a more troubled figure than does Chalmers.

Prince, Alison. Kenneth Grahame: An Innocent in the Wild Wood. London: Allison and Busby, 1994, 384 p.

Identifies Elspeth Grahame's exaggerations in both Chalmers...

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