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The Resource There's a mystery there : the primal vision of Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Cott

There's a mystery there : the primal vision of Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Cott

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A book on the life and work and creative inspirations of Maurice Sendak, who since his death in 2012 has only grown in his stature and recognition as a major American artist. Jonathan Cott first interviewed Maurice Sendak in 1976 for Rolling Stone, just at the time when Outside Over There, the concluding volume of a trilogy that began with Where The Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, was gestating. Over the course of their conversation about his life, work, and the fantasies and obsessions that drove his creative process, they focused on many of the themes and images that would appear in the new book five years later. Drawing on that interview, There's a Mystery There is an examination of the inner workings of a complicated genius's torments and inspirations that ranges over the entirety of his work and his formative life experiences, and uses Outside Over There as the key to understanding just what made this talented man tick. To gain multiple perspectives on that book, Cott also turns to four "companion guides": a Freudian analyst, a Jungian analyst, an art historian, and Sendak's great friend and admirer, the playwright Tony Kushner. The book is illustrated with examples from Sendak's work and other related images
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages
Isbn
9780385540438
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There's a mystery there : the primal vision of Maurice Sendak
Title
There's a mystery there
Title remainder
the primal vision of Maurice Sendak
Statement of responsibility
Jonathan Cott
Title variation
There is a mystery there
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
A book on the life and work and creative inspirations of Maurice Sendak, who since his death in 2012 has only grown in his stature and recognition as a major American artist. Jonathan Cott first interviewed Maurice Sendak in 1976 for Rolling Stone, just at the time when Outside Over There, the concluding volume of a trilogy that began with Where The Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, was gestating. Over the course of their conversation about his life, work, and the fantasies and obsessions that drove his creative process, they focused on many of the themes and images that would appear in the new book five years later. Drawing on that interview, There's a Mystery There is an examination of the inner workings of a complicated genius's torments and inspirations that ranges over the entirety of his work and his formative life experiences, and uses Outside Over There as the key to understanding just what made this talented man tick. To gain multiple perspectives on that book, Cott also turns to four "companion guides": a Freudian analyst, a Jungian analyst, an art historian, and Sendak's great friend and admirer, the playwright Tony Kushner. The book is illustrated with examples from Sendak's work and other related images
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Cott, Jonathan
Dewey number
813/.54
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3569.E6
LC item number
Z65 2017
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Sendak, Maurice
  • Children
  • Children's stories, American
  • Children's stories, American
  • Sendak, Maurice
  • Sendak, Maurice
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • LITERARY CRITICISM
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There's a mystery there : the primal vision of Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Cott
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240)
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
957503723
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages
Isbn
9780385540438
Lccn
2016050812
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)957503723
Label
There's a mystery there : the primal vision of Maurice Sendak, Jonathan Cott
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-240)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
957503723
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
242 pages
Isbn
9780385540438
Lccn
2016050812
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
color illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)957503723

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