In 1922, readers of the Viennese newspaper Neue Freie Presse began following the serialized tale of a young roebuck and his allegorical woodland experiences. Written by the Jewish Austro-Hungarian ...
The novel on which the Disney movie was based dealt with loss, loneliness and racism. If you thought it was rough to see Bambi's mother die in the 1942 Disney film, you should read the original story.
While at a Modern Language Association annual conference a few years ago, Jack Zipes was approached by representatives from one of his former publishers with a proposition. Would he like to do a new ...
As Salten’s most famous novel, Bambi, gives voice to animals inhabiting a rich forest, among which namesake Bambi, a curious and endearing roe deer fawn whose life we follow from birth to mature age.
As much as I appreciated Bill McKibben’s historically informative review (Feb. 6) of Felix Salten’s “The Original Bambi,” a book originally published in 1923, I was perplexed by McKibben’s reductive ...
If you thought it was rough to see Bambi's mother die in the 1942 Disney film, you should read the original story. Before it became an animated classic movie for children, "Bambi" was a 1922 novel by ...