Margaret Wise Brown: Awakened by the MoonBeacon Press, 1992 - 337 pagina's Margaret Wise Brown, the author of Goodnight Moon and dozens of other children's classics, all but invented the picture book as we know it today. Combining poetic instinct with a profound empathy for small children, she knew of a child's need for security, love, and a sense of being at home in the worldand she brought that unique tenderness to the page. Yet these were comforts that eluded her. Brown's youthful presence and professional successas an editor, bestselling author, and self-styled impresariomasked an insecurity that left her restless and vulnerable. In this moving biography, Marcus portrays Brown's complex character and her tragic, seesaw life. Her literary achievement and groundbreaking discoveries about small children's emotional needs were offset by tormented romances including a passionate relationship with Michael Strange, the celebrity socialite once married to John Barrymore. |
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... editor . She was pleased , however , to recommend a suitable substitute . Margaret was of- fered the job and accepted it gladly . Having emerged as the finest of the here - and - now writers , she would now , beginning in early 1938 ...
... editor . She was pleased , however , to recommend a suitable substitute . Margaret was of- fered the job and accepted it gladly . Having emerged as the finest of the here - and - now writers , she would now , beginning in early 1938 ...
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... editor , Louise Raymond , was atypical ; for a time she had combined married life and work . Then , at the close of 1939 , in anticipation of the birth of her first child , Raymond resigned , leaving her capable young assistant , Ursula ...
... editor , Louise Raymond , was atypical ; for a time she had combined married life and work . Then , at the close of 1939 , in anticipation of the birth of her first child , Raymond resigned , leaving her capable young assistant , Ursula ...
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... editor , Margaret Lesser , she reported that she was " too busy watching to take pictures or notes or write . " 32 Besides , she said , art did not " work that way " for her — as a matter of willed attention . “ Years from now a great ...
... editor , Margaret Lesser , she reported that she was " too busy watching to take pictures or notes or write . " 32 Besides , she said , art did not " work that way " for her — as a matter of willed attention . “ Years from now a great ...
Inhoudsopgave
Introduction I | 1 |
CHAPTER TWO New York Here and Now | 33 |
CHAPTER THREE Bank Street and Beyond | 67 |
Copyright | |
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