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Mother Goose: A Scholarly Exploration

MOTHER GOOSE

what makes a Mother Goose a Mother Goose?

the nursery rhymes

Mother Goose visual challenges

life and history

zimmerli art museum

emergent literacy

social & political uses of Mother Goose

censorship

advertisement and imagery

digitization of early nursery rhyme books

an early Mother Goose play

RESOURCES

Jack Sprat Could Eat No Fat

Visual Interpretations

Between Themselves - The importance of a platter

Attire - Does clothing make the person?

Elephants - Allusion to body-image?

Apples - In pie or plain

Alternative Approaches - Look for yourself

Dinner for Two - Or Three?

Textual/Historical Information

Useful notes on the origin of the rhyme. http://www.rhymes.org.uk/jack_sprat.htm

Fashion diets may place health at risk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/2144997.stm

Useful and sound explanations of diets and health. http://www.ivillage.com/diet

Versions and Variants

Textual Versions and Variants - A complete listing of the versions and variants of this rhyme

Visual Versions and Variants - A comparative listing of all associated within Eclipse

Rhyme Specific Bibliography

http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/Page76.asp explores a brief history of Charles I and Henrietta Maria. They are often perceived as the representedcharacters in this rhyme.

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Supported in part by a grant from the Pilot Projects Program of the Rutgers Information Sciences Council (ISC)

Principal Investigator: Kay E. Vandergrift, Professor Emerita

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