Ecology of Imagination in Childhood

Since its first publication, this book has been acclaimed as the principal work on the imagination of childhood. For over half a century, Edith Cobb collected autobiographical & biographical materials to explore the child's imagination in different countries & historical periods. Her observations of children's play suggested to Cobb that genius is shaped by the imagination of the early years. Influenced by Keats & Wordsworth, Cobb sees the child to be innately connected with an ecology of nature. From children we learn how "to go out & beyond the self." And we realize that the individual imagination participates in the "outerness" of the world. This book affirms a view of intelligence that is compassionate & creatively attuned to others.Cobb, Edith is the author of 'Ecology of Imagination in Childhood', published 1993 under ISBN 9780882143606 and ISBN 0882143603.