Description
The interviews here, many of which are hard to find or previously unpublished, span from 1966 through 2011. They show not only Sendak's shifting artistic interests, but also changes in how he understood himself and his craft. What emerges is a portrait of an author and an artist who was alternately solemn and playful, congenial and irascible, sophisticated and populist. The man who showed millions of children and adults alike what's cooking in the night kitchen and where the wild things are, Sendak remains an American original who redefined the picture book and changed children's literature-and its readers-forever.
About the Author
Peter C. Kunze, Austin, Texas, holds a PhD in English from Florida State University and a PhD in media studies from the University of Texas at Austin. His research on children's culture has appeared in Black Camera, Children's Literature Association Quarterly, and The Lion and the Unicorn.
Book Information
ISBN 9781496808868
Author Peter C. Kunze
Format Paperback
Page Count 232
Imprint University Press of Mississippi
Publisher University Press of Mississippi