Talk:C. Walter Hodges

Classification

For children, teens, adults

Are these three listed books written primarily for adults? Even scholarly works exclusively for adults?

• Shakespeare and the Players, 1948
• The Globe Restored, 1953
• Shakespeare's Second Globe: The Missing Monument, 1973

Are the others all accessible to pre-teens? -P64

Fiction, historical fiction, non-fiction

The prose names three historical fictions for children, probably. (and suggests Namesake and Marsh King both feature Alfred, which seems unlikely)

In today's revision I have described Shakespeare's Theatre (1964) as one of two "certainly non-fiction" books to win the Greenaway Medal. CILIP celebrated Pirate Diary (2001) as the first "information book" to win since Horses in Battle (1975) --evidently that one, altho the 2002 press release says first in 27 years.
• "Renowned political cartoonist scoops Greenaway for first information book to win in 27 years". Press release 12(?) July 2002. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-07-02.

It is certain 2001 and seems clear 1975 that those two works are historical fiction or fictionalised history. (Re the latter, a customer review of Horses at Amazon says,

The Best Book Ever! April 20, 2001; By Jacqueline Bell; Format:Hardcover

I loved this book! It was wonderfully written. Anyone who enjoys reading action, horse stories, or anyone who enjoys learning about history will love this book. It gives you true stories of calvary horses who put their life on the line to save the men riding them.

Is it possible to tell such "true stories" without fictionalisation?

I observe that some winning works cannot be called fiction or non-fiction (or reference). One example is the alphabet book ABC by Brian Wildsmith (1962). Another may be Mother Goose Treasury by Raymond Briggs (1966). Some works for very young children may include text without narrative structure (or dictionary/encyclopedia/almanac listings, of course).

--P64 (talk) 01:59, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Among other things by reference to WorldCat records, I have improved this situation a little.

The selected works now cover his ten most commonly held in WorldCat libraries --which happen to include none of the three historical fictions for children that were previously named in the text. (There I have named two others that are among his most commonly held, Magna Carta and Norman Conquest.) --P64 (talk) 01:59, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

I read them both as a kid, and I assure you that "The Namesake" and "The Marsh King" do both feature King Alfred, the first roughly covers events up to Guthrum's surrender at Exeter, the second after this. PatGallacher (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2014 (UTC)

Illustration of children's classics

Hodges illustrated the front covers of a 1948-47 edition of E. Nesbit's Treasure Seekers and its sequel. See C. Walter Hodges at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

I haven't mentioned those in the article because they are only book covers and I have not mentioned ISFDB, even by External link, because its report is so meagre for Hodges. But I doubt that that database coverage of children's classics is complete even for "fantasy". So I don't think I know whether he did much work on classics and it would be good to know that here.

[1] is the 1958 Kirkus Review of his only interior illustration reported by ISFDB, for a new book. --P64 (talk) 22:21, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

Shakespeare's first Globe ... reconstruction by CWH

Here is a listing at WorldCat: Hodges, C. Walter that may be worth pursuing somehow.

• Shakespeare's first Globe playhouse : the Harvard Theatre Collection model : reconstruction by C. Walter Hodges.

Description: 20 slides + 1 pamphlet.

Other Titles: Harvard model of Shakespeare's Globe Playhouse.

It's the second-listed of WorldCat's "Most widely held works about C. Walter Hodges". I infer, but with little confidence, that the physical model is in the Harvard Theatre Collection while the slides and pamphlet have been distributed. --P64 (talk) 18:30, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

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