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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824356903321

Autore

Pease Donald E

Titolo

Theodor Seuss Geisel / / Donald E. Pease

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-46584-8

9786612465840

0-19-971735-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Lives and legacies

Disciplina

813

813.52

813.54

813/.52

Soggetti

Authors, American - 20th century

Illustrators - United States

Children's literature - Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; One: DR. SEUSS'S PASSAGE HOME; Two: BECOMING DR. SEUSS; Three: DR. SEUSS RETURNS; Four: DR. SEUSS AND HELEN GEISEL'S EMPIRE; Five: DR. SEUSS'S LEGACY; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Dr. Seuss' infectious rhymes, his blue-tufted, strong-willed creatures, and his knack for pithy, roundabout plots have been entertaining children and adults for decades. And as Donald Pease shows in this marvelous biography, the seemingly haphazard trajectory of Theodor Geisel's life bears a close resemblance to the zigzag plot lines of his children's books. Here is an engaging look at a man who indeed lived a zigzag life, by turns a cartoonist, ad agency artist (for Flit bug killer), author, caricaturist, documentary-film writer and producer, political cartoonist, and editor. Pease follows Ge