Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened By The MoonHarperCollins, 16 okt 2018 - 366 pagina's "Leonard S. Marcus... has masterfully written about a fascinating woman who in her short life changed literature for the very young. I was throroughly enchanted."--Eric Carle Nearly fifty years after her sudden death at the age of forty-two, Margaret Wise Brown remains a legend and an enigma. Author of Goodnight Moon, The Runaway Bunny, and dozens of other children's classics, Brown all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she understood a child's need for security, love, and a sense of being at home in the world. Yet, these were comforts that had eluded her. Her sparkling presence and her unparalleled success as a legendary children's book author masked an insecurity that left her restless and vulnerable. In this authoritative and moving biography, Leonard S. Marcus, who had access to never-before-published letters and family papers, portrays Brown's complex character and her tragic, seesaw life. Colorful, thoughtful, and insightful, Margaret Wise Brown is both a portrayal of a woman whose stories still speak to millions and a portrait of New York in the 1930s and 1940s, when the literary world blossomed and made history. |
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... known her, I began hearing distinct echoes of the qualities I admired in Margaret's writings. “She was an original,” more than one of her friends said. She was “mercurial,” “quixotic,” “an experimenter,” “a perfectionist.” Nearly ...
... known as Hollins 8 College ) in 1899. A striking , well - spoken woman ( she had received high marks in elocution at Hollins ) , Maude had , according to family legend , dreamed of going to New York to become an actress . She seems to ...
... its literary ones, stirred Robert Brown's enthusiasm to a pitch otherwise foreign to him in aesthetic matters. The only other books he is known to have enjoyed were Joel Chandler Harris's Uncle Remus collections, which,
... known to the children early on. Margaret recalled having read The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Black Beauty, The Song of Roland, and Andrew Lang's Rainbow fairy tale collections. Margaret said later that her favorite story had been “Aladdin ...
... known stage performers, (Harry) “Thurston the Magician.” Jane's lavish home and the ample grounds surrounding it became a focal point for all the neighborhood children. Margaret later recalled with delight the impromptu magic shows ...
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Bank Street and Beyond | |
Everywhere and Somewhere | |
Other Houses Other Worlds | |
In the Great Green Room | |
Graver Cadences | |
The Fidget Wheels of Time | |
Acknowledgments | |
Index | |
Also by Leonard S Marcus | |