Enid Blyton : a literary life / Andrew Maunder.
2021
PR6003.L8457 M38 2021
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Title
Enid Blyton : a literary life / Andrew Maunder.
Author
Maunder, Andrew, author.
ISBN
9783030763329 electronic book
3030763323 electronic book
9783030763312 paperback
3030763315 paperback
3030763323 electronic book
9783030763312 paperback
3030763315 paperback
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xv, 322 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-76332-9 doi
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PR6003.L8457 M38 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
823/.912
Summary
This book is a study of the best-selling writer for children Enid Blyton (1897-1968) and provides a new account of her career. It draws on Blyton's business correspondence to give a fresh account of a misunderstood figure who for forty years was one of Britain's most successful and powerful authors. It examines Blyton's rise to fame in the 1920s and considers the ways in which she managed her career as a storyteller, journalist and magazine editor. There is discussion of her most famous series including the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, Malory Towers and Noddy, but attention is also given to lesser-known works including the family stories she published to acclaim in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as her attempts to become a dramatist. The book also discusses Blyton's fluctuating critical reputation, how she and her works were received and how Blyton the person has fared at the hands of biographers and the media.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost platform, viewed June 27, 2022).
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Literary lives (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Blyton and the Critics.- 3. Blyton's Early Career.- 4. Homes.- 5. Wartime.- 6. Adventure.- 7. Austerity and Kenneth Waters.- 8. Blyton the Missionary.- 9. Blyton and Gender.
10. Blyton and the 1950s.- 11. Blyton and the Theatre.- 12. Final Things.
10. Blyton and the 1950s.- 11. Blyton and the Theatre.- 12. Final Things.