Dr Seuss: American Icon - Hardcover

Nel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826414346 ISBN 13: 9780826414342

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd., 2004

Synopsis

Published in time for the centenary of Seuss's birth in March 2004, this title celebrates one of the most influential authors and artists of the 20th century: Theodor Seuss Geisel, best known as Dr Seuss.

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Review:

Mr. Nel has done his homework. His endnotes run on for almost 100 pages, boasting the first complete annotated bibliography of works by and about Dr. Seuss, and he draws on a wealth of esoteric knowledge [M]ost valuable as a collection of Seussiana. The drawing and odd bits of trivial matter add unexpected life . The New York Sun, 3/2/04--Mark Sorkin Dr. Seuss: American Icon provides the reader a memorably excellent survey of Dr. Seuss many achievements. Library Bookwatch, November 2004 Because Nel frames his discussion within contemporary criticism, his analysis is more important to children s literature scholars in the academy. he sprinkles the scholarly publications of other throughout his text, thus supporting his conclusions. His text is richly embedded with the earlier research of children s literature scholars and ties into cultural aesthetics and children s literature. environmental ideal, and his markers of political protest in his images is most valuable. they will have an important impact on further discussions of Dr. Seuss cartoonist, satirist, consumer magnate, and instigator of twenty-first-century aesthetics in American children s culture. The Lion and the Unicorn, 1/05 "A highly academic treatment of an 'American icon, American iconoclast', this study contends with the work of Theodore Geisel, the 'U.S. Laureate of Nonsense', is worth taking seriously and has a great deal of underlying content." -Library Journal ."..very well conceivedtext. With its focus on Seuss's aesthetics, politics, and legacy in Americancultural life, "Dr. Seuss: American Icon "shouldappeal to Americanists and to children's literature scholars alike."- GwenAthene Tarbox, "American Studies, "Vol.47:2--, "Like The Cat in the Hat, which can be enjoyed by both parents and children, lay people and scholars, Nel's book neither forgets nor talks down to its audience. A fine example of scholarship, Dr. Seuss: American Icon will be equally at home on the researcher's bookshelf or the Seuss fan's coffee table. Well-written, well-argued, and well-conceived, Nel's good-humored book teaches a lesson of which Dr. Seuss would approve: good scholarship, like good literature, can be both rich and accessible. It's a lesson from which we all might learn." Joseph T. Thomas, Jr., Humor: International Journal of Humor Research, (2004) ."..very well conceived text. With its focus on Seuss's aesthetics, politics, and legacy in American cultural life, "Dr. Seuss: American Icon "should appeal to Americanists and to children's literature scholars alike."- Gwen Athene Tarbox, "American Studies, "Vol. 47:2--,

About the Author:

Philip Nel is Assistant Professor of English at Kansas State University. He is the author of JK Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide (2001) - and The Avant-Garde and American Postmodernity (2002). He is currently writing a biography of Crockett Johnson and Ruth Krauss.

About this edition

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0826414346
• ISBN 13: 9780826414342
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256