Wonder if Winnie the Pooh is the epitome of neoteny...
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Nope
Maybe...
Yep, can totally see that
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
LOL!
This is the first time I have seen a question about the [i]zoological[/i] characteristics of toy animals in fiction written for young children!
It certainly makes a refreshing change from we see so often now: po-faced people who were never children and whose own literary zenith was last week's Sunday-supplements column, writing possibly well-meaning but usually fatuous, over-zealous socio-literary criticism of long-established children's stories by authors no longer alive.
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BTW...
For those who think Winnie The Pooh is a Disney creation, as with most Disney productions, he most certainly is not.
The two Pooh books - [i]Winnie The Pooh [/i]and [i]The House At Pooh Corner,[/i] were written by the English author A.A.
Milne, I think in the 1930s. They started as stories for his very young son, set around the child and his cuddly toys; in the fictional Hundred Aker [sic] Wood inspired by the countryside near their home.
And Pooh did not wear a waistcoat in the original book drawings by Ernest Sheppard, and which included a map supposedly drawn by Christopher Robin, with that "Aker" spelling.
This is the first time I have seen a question about the [i]zoological[/i] characteristics of toy animals in fiction written for young children!
It certainly makes a refreshing change from we see so often now: po-faced people who were never children and whose own literary zenith was last week's Sunday-supplements column, writing possibly well-meaning but usually fatuous, over-zealous socio-literary criticism of long-established children's stories by authors no longer alive.
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BTW...
For those who think Winnie The Pooh is a Disney creation, as with most Disney productions, he most certainly is not.
The two Pooh books - [i]Winnie The Pooh [/i]and [i]The House At Pooh Corner,[/i] were written by the English author A.A.
Milne, I think in the 1930s. They started as stories for his very young son, set around the child and his cuddly toys; in the fictional Hundred Aker [sic] Wood inspired by the countryside near their home.
And Pooh did not wear a waistcoat in the original book drawings by Ernest Sheppard, and which included a map supposedly drawn by Christopher Robin, with that "Aker" spelling.
PersnicketyPooh · 26-30, F
@ArishMell Thanks for the detailed response!I was wondering if Disney designed Pooh to be more universally appealing by giving him a larger head compared to his body. Particularly, I think this holds true especially with mothers who are empty-nesters. Then again, could be totally off. Mostly thinking of the plushies they continually roll out and how even newer Disney princesses have larger eyes and heads.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@PersnicketyPooh Interesting point.
I have noticed how even the human characters in some children's fiction are given strange proportions, sometimes to the point of being ridiculous.
I have noticed how even the human characters in some children's fiction are given strange proportions, sometimes to the point of being ridiculous.
Thought he was gluttony
