The Illustrators of The Wind in the Willows. 1908-2008

摘要

One of three major scholarly books out this year to celebrate the centennial of The Wind in the Willows (the others being The Annotated "Wind in the Willows" (Gauger, 2009) and The "Wind in the Willows": An Annotated Edition (Lerer, 2009)), this striking book provides a wealth of information on the many illustrators, both well known and obscure, who have tackled the peculiar problems of illustrating Grahame's classic fantasy of the English countryside.rnIllustrators are presented in chronological order by date of the edition they illustrated. Stills from some animated and stop-motion television and motion picture productions are included. Most entries provide information such as a brief biography of the artist, information on his or her training and experience, a short analysis of their technique and style, a list of their other works, whether they are still working as illustrators, and so on. All but three entries include a sample illustration from that artist's version of the tale.