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Product Identifiers

PublisherCengage GALE

ISBN-100805746315

ISBN-139780805746310

eBay Product ID (ePID)335995

Product Key Features

Number of Pages198 Pages

Publication NameE. B. White : the Children's Books

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

SubjectWomen Authors, Children's & Young Adult Literature, American / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism

AuthorLucien L. Agosta

SeriesUnited States Authors Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight2.1 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN95-008467

Dewey Edition20

Series Volume NumberVol. 621

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal818/.5209

SynopsisTwayne's United States Authors, English Authors, and World Authors Series present concise critical introductions to great writers and their works. Devoted to critical interpretation and discussion of an author's work, each study takes account of major literary trends and important scholarly contributions and provides new critical insights with an original point of view. An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work. Each volume features: -- A critical, interpretive study and explication of the author's works -- A brief biography of the author -- An accessible chronology outlining the life, the work, and relevant historical context -- Aids for further study: complete notes and references, a selected annotated bibliography and an index -- A readable style presented in a manageable length, Lively and comprehensive analysis of E. B. Whites writings for children, addressing the works themselves, their reception by critics, and Whites views on childrens literature. Beginning with a biographical sketch of White, Agosta looks at the places and events of the authors youth and later life---the wilds of Canada and the Edenic simplicity of Maine---that influenced his creation of Arcadian worlds in his fiction. Agosta also discusses some of Whites theoretical positions as expressed in the essays A Boy I Knew (1940) and Childrens Books (1938), in which White took inventory of a few central concerns that would find their way into his three novels. Agostas portrait of the author and his literary domain is essential reading for student and scholar alike, or for anyone interested in the background of this writer who has so influenced childrens literature. PIM 31-MAY-18 01, Lively and comprehensive analysis of E. B. Whites writings for children, addressing the works themselves, their reception by critics, and Whites views on childrens literature. Beginning with a biographical sketch of White, Agosta looks at the places and events of the authors youth and later life---the wilds of Canada and the Edenic simplicity of Maine---that influenced his creation of Arcadian worlds in his fiction. Agosta also discusses some of Whites theoretical positions as expressed in the essays A Boy I Knew (1940) and Childrens Books (1938), in which White took inventory of a few central concerns that would find their way into his three novels. Agostas portrait of the author and his literary domain is essential reading for student and scholar alike, or for anyone interested in the background of this writer who has so influenced childrens literature.PIM31-MAY-1801

LC Classification NumberPS3545.H5187Z524