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Author Mikkelsen, Nina.

Title Susan Cooper / Nina Mikkelsen
Published New York : Twayne Publishers ; [1998]
London : Prentice Hall International, [1998]
©1998
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 154 pages)
Series Gale virtual reference library
Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 696
Gale virtual reference library.
Twayne's United States authors series ; TUSAS 696
Contents Childhood and beyond -- The 1960s : becoming a children's book writer -- The 1970s : the Dark is rising sequence (England) -- The Dark is rising sequence (Wales) -- The Dark is rising sequence and readers -- After the Dark is rising sequence -- Susan Cooper as writer
Summary In 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. Individual 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. Special 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."
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Susan Cooper
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-150) and index
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Subject Cooper, Susan, 1935- -- Criticism and interpretation.
SUBJECT Cooper, Susan, 1935- fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst00035695
Cooper, Susan. swd
Subject American fiction -- Celtic influences
Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Children's stories, American -- English influences
Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, American -- English influences
Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Folklore in literature.
Mythology, Celtic, in literature.
Time travel in literature.
American fiction -- Celtic influences.
Children -- Books and reading.
Children's stories, American.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Folklore in literature.
Mythology, Celtic, in literature.
Time travel in literature.
United States.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 97035453
ISBN 0805719296
9780805719291