Old Mother Hubbard

Visual Interpretations

Analysis of Illustrations Comparison and contrast

Style of the Period Fancy dress, bare cupboard

Wicked Witch of the West But note the kindly look

A Different Perspective Is the cupboard really bare?

A Talking Dog A change in Mother Hubbard

It's Grandmother Perhaps at the turn of the 20th century

Superiority Top dog

 

Textual/Historical Information

Textual Analysis - Differences in Versions of the Rhyme

Literary Elements - Devices of Style and Key Elements of the Rhyme

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

DePaola, Tomie. The Comic Adventures of Old Mother Hubbard and Her Dog. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.

Landow, George P. The Victorian Web: literature, history, and culture in the age of Victoria. Gender Matters: Social History: Conditions of Life. Brown U. Retrieved March 9, 2004 from http://65.107.211.206/gender/socialhistov.html

Lukens, Rebecca J. From Rhyme to Poetry: Nursery Rhymes. In A Critical Handbook of Children's Literature (3 rd ed.) (pp. 187-191). Glenview : Scott, Foresman, 1986.

Marshall , James, illus. Old Mother Hubbard and her Wonderful Dog. New York : Farrar,Straus, & Giroux, 1991.

Thorn, Thorskegga. Spin Me a Yarn: spinning folklore from ballards, tales, myths, and rhymes. Old Mother Hubbard. Retrieved March 9, 2004 from http://www.thorshof.org/spinyarn.htm.