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050 00 $aPS3553.O6234$bZ76 1998
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100 1 $aMikkelsen, Nina.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94008086
245 10 $aSusan Cooper /$cNina Mikkelsen.
260 $aNew York :$bTwayne Publishers,$c1998.
263 $a9801
300 $axiv, 154 pages :$bportrait ;$c23 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aTwayne's United States authors series ;$vTUSAS 696
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 146-150) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tChildhood and Beyond --$gCh. 2.$tThe 1960s: Becoming a Children's Book Writer --$gCh. 3.$tThe 1970s: The Dark Is Rising Sequence (England) --$gCh. 4.$tThe Dark Is Rising Sequence (Wales) --$gCh. 5.$tThe Dark Is Rising Sequence and Readers --$gCh. 6.$tAfter the Dark Is Rising Sequence --$gCh. 7.$tSusan Cooper as Writer.
520 $aIn Susan Cooper, the first full-length critical study of its subject, Nina Mikkelsen argues persuasively that Cooper's books "have much to tell us about the human condition, about children, and about children's literature." Organizing her material chronologically, Mikkelsen commences with a biographical portrait of the writer, tracing influential persons and events from Cooper's growing-up years in a London suburb during World War II to her present-day life in New England.
520 8 $aIndividual chapters then focus on The Dark Is Rising sequence, including its English- and Welsh-set volumes and the response from its readers; explore the works of the 1980s and 1990s, among them The Boggart and The Boggart and the Monster, centering on a mischievous Scottish spirit and geared to younger children; and assess the form, structure, and vision marking Cooper's writing as a whole.
520 8 $aSpecial emphasis is given to the role that Celtic myths play in Cooper's narrative patterns, characters, and themes - myths that, Mikkelsen observes, Cooper "borrows; she invents; she reinvents, and the wide web of stories raying out of the main story reflects the many layers of cultural identity the books explore."
600 10 $aCooper, Susan,$d1935-$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aChildren's stories, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008100444
650 0 $aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103557
650 0 $aChildren's stories, American$xEnglish influences.
650 0 $aFantasy fiction, American$xEnglish influences.
650 0 $aMythology, Celtic, in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94006726
650 0 $aTime travel in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94008790
650 0 $aFolklore in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004265
830 0 $aTwayne's United States authors series ;$vTUSAS 696.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83702482
852 00 $boff,glx$hPS3553.O6234$iZ76 1998