Toys in Milne's "e;Winnie the Pooh"e;

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Comparative Literature, grade: 2,7, University of Osnabruck, language: English, abstract: Milne's Winnie the Pooh is well known to everybody. But only a few people know, that Milne's son, famous Christopher Robiin, actually owned most of the cuddly toys, that turn up as character in the novel. How was Milne's way of describing his furry protagonists influenced by the originals und how did they develop when drawn by Shepard and later by Disney?