Mother Goose : from nursery to literature
Mother Goose.
Goosey, Goosey, Gander, Whither Dost Thou Wander? A General History of Mother Goose -- Potshots and Praise: Analysis and Relevance -- Antiquities for Lulling and Mulling: Lullabies, Infant Amusements, and Riddles -- Newbery's Mother Goose's Melody: With Oliver Goldsmith's Maxims -- ABC's and 1, 2, 3's: Alphabets, Numbers, and Mnemonic Rhymes -- From Long Ago and Far Away: Sources in Religion, Legend, Antiquity -- Skeleton Keys to Dame Goose's Kingdom: Historical Allusions and Satires -- The Bard Evokes the Nursery: Tracking Shakespearean References -- Nursery Versery from Erudite Pens: Identifying Some Authors -- Paralleling Childlore to Create Literature: Nursery Rhymes and Robert Burns -- Sit and Spin a Spell: Narrative Ballads -- Cooking the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg: Uses and Abuses of Mother Goose Rhymes -- Chronological Bibliography of Important: Nursery and Mother Goose Books.