“…In her examinations of such classics as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Treasure Island, and The Secret Garden, Gubar uncovers a childhood culture of collaboration in Victorian England in which the ability to work and play alongside adults was often taken for granted. …”

“…The contexts under scrutiny range from England to Italy, from hagiography to medicine, and from Carolingian monasteries to renaissance libraries. …”

“…Chesterton, Evelyn Waugh, and Graham Greene in England; Charles Peguy, Paul Claudel, and Georges Bernanos in France; and Ramiro de Maeztu and Jose Bergamin in Spain found that Catholicism was the key to coping with the enigmas and paradoxes of modern man. …”