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Before Wild Things:

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LA113324

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Before Wild Things:

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[Article]

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Maurice Sendak and the Postwar Jewish American Child as Queer Insider-Outsider

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Golan Moskowitz

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Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

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This article analyzes the late Maurice Sendak's (1928-2012) entry into the field of children's picture books in the midtwentieth century and his contribution to the affective shift in children's literature. It examines Sendak's complex social position and artistic development in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as lesser-known illustrations by Sendak, including collaborations with Ruth Krauss and with the artist's brother, Jack. These works began to respond to Sendak's own childhood as a queer son of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking immigrants. They also offered new potential mirrors for midcentury children-perhaps especially queer and otherwise marginalized children-as they navigated cultural gaps between home and the public sphere, as well as between personal orientations and the social pressures of postwar America. This article analyzes the late Maurice Sendak's (1928-2012) entry into the field of children's picture books in the midtwentieth century and his contribution to the affective shift in children's literature. It examines Sendak's complex social position and artistic development in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as lesser-known illustrations by Sendak, including collaborations with Ruth Krauss and with the artist's brother, Jack. These works began to respond to Sendak's own childhood as a queer son of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking immigrants. They also offered new potential mirrors for midcentury children-perhaps especially queer and otherwise marginalized children-as they navigated cultural gaps between home and the public sphere, as well as between personal orientations and the social pressures of postwar America. This article analyzes the late Maurice Sendak's (1928-2012) entry into the field of children's picture books in the midtwentieth century and his contribution to the affective shift in children's literature. It examines Sendak's complex social position and artistic development in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as lesser-known illustrations by Sendak, including collaborations with Ruth Krauss and with the artist's brother, Jack. These works began to respond to Sendak's own childhood as a queer son of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking immigrants. They also offered new potential mirrors for midcentury children-perhaps especially queer and otherwise marginalized children-as they navigated cultural gaps between home and the public sphere, as well as between personal orientations and the social pressures of postwar America. This article analyzes the late Maurice Sendak's (1928-2012) entry into the field of children's picture books in the midtwentieth century and his contribution to the affective shift in children's literature. It examines Sendak's complex social position and artistic development in the 1940s and 1950s, as well as lesser-known illustrations by Sendak, including collaborations with Ruth Krauss and with the artist's brother, Jack. These works began to respond to Sendak's own childhood as a queer son of Eastern European Yiddish-speaking immigrants. They also offered new potential mirrors for midcentury children-perhaps especially queer and otherwise marginalized children-as they navigated cultural gaps between home and the public sphere, as well as between personal orientations and the social pressures of postwar America.

Date of Publication

2019

Physical description

85-94

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IMAGES

Volume Number

12/1

International Standard Serial Number

1871-8000

Golan Moskowitz

Call Number

10.1163/18718000-12340103

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275578

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