Kenneth Kidd's discussion of feral tales in the context of Allan W. Eckert's novel illustrates the complexities of feral tales and situates the ideas of human, Other, and nature within them.
The veracity of the actual episode may be questioned but Eckert's story seems all the more realistic, it is suggested, because it operates within a specific established folkloric tradition, one in which science and mythology are entangled.
Journal
The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's LiteratureISSN
1551-5680Volume
8Issue
3Publisher
La Trobe UniversitySection Title
Alice's AcademyAuthor Biography
Kenneth Kidd is Associate Professor of English at the University of Florida. He is author of Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale (Minnesota, 2004) and coeditor of Wild Things: Children's Culture and Ecocriticism (Wayne State, 2004).Date Created
2009-09-18Rights Statement
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