Description: A thorough study of the many links between the Golden Age of children's literature and a global storytelling powerhouse
Brief description: Patrick C. Fleming is a scholar of Victorian studies and children's literature. He is author of The Legacy of the Moral Tale: Children's Literature and the English Novel, 1744-1859 and of articles in journals including Victorian Periodicals Review, Pedagogy, and the Children's Literature Association Quarterly.
Review Quotes: Animating the Victorians: Disney's Literary History is a serious academic study of Disney's creative endeavors and how Victorian literature helped form, I think one could say even inspired, some of the most important Disney films of numerous Disney eras. It is also an interesting study of entertainment archetypes and history. And best of all, as academic study of Disney grows, it is the type of book that most Disney history fans will find accessible while finding something new . . . like a discussion on the history of international copyright laws before the creation of Mickey Mouse!--Daniel Butcher "www.betweendisney.com"