Культурология. Горелова А.В - 61 стр.

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He has also written novels, many articles for journals and programmes
for TV and radio.
5. 12. Alan Alexander Milne
The son of a Scottish schoolmaster, Milne won a scholarship to Westminster
School and later read mathematics at Cambridge. His real interest was in light-
hearted writing and at the age of 24 he became assistant editor of Punch.
After serving as a signals officer in World War I he won additional good
opinions as a playwright, with Wurzel-Flummery (1917), Mr. Pim Passes By
(1919), The Dover Road (1922) etc.
His great success, however, came as a writer of children’s literature.
When We Were Very Young (1924) and Now We Are Six (1927) were verses
about his son Christopher Robin.
The books by which he will always be remembered are Winnie-the-Pooh
(1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Both were based on the
imaginary conversations and adventures of Christopher Robin’s toys, with the
boy making an occasional, masterful appearance to sort out some minor crisis
or muddle. While each toy has one distinctive characteristic – Pooh’s
greediness, Eeyore’s misanthropy or Piglet’s timidity – they also emerge as
individuals in their own right, talking very much in character and occasionally
with an underlying humour more meaningful to adults than to children. But the
stories in which they feature are perfectly adapted to young readers’ interests,
concentrating on topics such as birthday presents, the quest for food and mini-
adventures involving unexpected bouts of bad weather, mysterious footprints or
getting lost. The little verses sung by Pooh are also memorable.
After these little books Milne turned away from children’s writing,
coming to resent his success in this area at the expense of his other, adult work.
This includes a murder mystery The Fourth Wall (1929), a lot of other works
and an autobiography It’s Too Late Now (1939).
His last triumph was a stage adaptation of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind
in the Willows as Toad of Toad Hall (1929) which apart from introducing a
talking horse stays close to the original plot and is still revived every Christmas
for young audiences.
5.13. Jerome Klapka Jerome
(1859-1927)
The son of an ironmonger, a ruined businessman, Jerome was born at
Walsall in Staffordshire. The family moved to London. There in east London the
boy was brought up. But in London too the father was unsuccessful and could
not pay his debts. Jerome's childhood was poor and sad. He could not finish
school because his father died in 1871 and the boy had to begin working to
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