Angels and Wild Things (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
312
Utgivningsdatum
2013-06-15
Upplaga
New Edition
Förlag
Pennsylvania State University Press
Illustratör/Fotograf
color 120 Halftones 13 Halftones black and white
Illustrationer
13 Halftones, color; 120 Halftones, black and white
Dimensioner
280 x 213 x 21 mm
Vikt
1439 g
Antal komponenter
1
ISBN
9780271060644

Angels and Wild Things

The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak

av John Cech
Häftad,  Engelska, 2013-06-15
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This new edition includes a preface by the author covering Sendaks life, work, and cultural impact in the years since 1994. Over the course of more than ninety books, in a career that spanned six decades, Maurice Sendak became the most influential and, at times, the most controversial creator of works for children. Each of the books in his trilogyWhere the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen, and Outside Over Therewas precedent setting, dramatically expanding the boundaries of subject matter and images that have been conventionally accepted in books for younger children. In this first comprehensive reading of Sendaks key works, John Cech considers the symbolic child who was developed in Sendaks books and who remained at the center of his vision. By fusing biographical, historical, cultural, and literary materials with the insights of depth psychology and archetypal theory, this study traces the evolution of Sendaks workfrom its first, bold steps in the 1950s, to its liberating breakthroughs of the 1960s and early 1970s, to the rich complexity of his later books. Cech concentrates on those books that Sendak has both written and illustrated. In these books, we can see most clearly the alchemy of his creative process, which wove together the remembrances of his own things past, the spirit of his times, the history of childrens literature, and Sendaks animating concern with the archetypal figure of the childa symbol of creative potential, emotional vitality, and spiritual renewal.
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[Cech] meshes a variety of critical approaches with biographical and autobiographical substance to progress through Sendaks work. . . . The largely chronological organization of the book traces the emergence of Sendaks child archetype and maps the exploration and expansion of it. Cech consistently alludes to the historical and cultural influences on the artist, from family to self, from Mickey Mouse to Judy Garland, from Blake to Mozart. In Sendak, Cech divines the child as empowered and vulnerable, as innocent and experienceda liberating idea. Cathryn M. Mercier Horn Book Magazine Cech delivers a sophisticated analysis that delves into Sendaks writing and pictures and the rich symbolism of his work, all for the purpose of capturing the unique Sendakian child. . . . Sendak, Cech claims, takes adults back to their [childhoods] and allows children to fully claim their own. This fascinating study, which includes a generous supply of black-and-white illustrations, a twelve-page inset of full-color reproductions, and a complement of notes, will give students of childrens literature and devotees of Sendak the chance to follow the trail. Barbara Elleman Booklist

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John Cech is Professor of English at the University of Florida, Director of the University of Floridas Center for Childrens Literature and Culture, and a past president of the Childrens Literature Association.

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