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Eleanor Cameron - Dimensions of Amazement (Hardcover)
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Eleanor Cameron - Dimensions of Amazement (Hardcover)
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Eleanor Cameron (1912-1996) was an innovative and genre-defying
author of children's fiction and children's literature criticism.
From her beginnings as a librarian, Cameron went on to become a
prominent and respected voice in children's literature, writing one
of the most beloved children's science fiction novels of all time,
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, and later winning the
National Book Award for her time fantasy The Court of the Stone
Children. In addition, Eleanor Cameron played an often vocal role
in critical debates about children's literature. She was one of the
first authors to take up literary criticism of children's novels
and published two influential books of criticism, including The
Green and Burning Tree. One of Cameron's most notable acts of
criticism came in 1973, when she wrote a scathing critique of Roald
Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl responded in kind,
and the result was a fiery imbroglio within the pages of the Horn
Book Magazine. Yet despite her many accomplishments, most of
Cameron's books went out of print by the end of her life, and her
star faded. This biography aims to reinsert Cameron into the
conversation by taking an in-depth look at her tumultuous early
life in Ohio and California, her unforgettably forceful personality
and criticism, and her graceful, heartfelt novels. The biography
includes detailed analysis of the creative process behind each of
her published works and how Cameron's feminism, environmentalism,
and strong sense of ethics are reflected in and represented by her
writings. Drawn from over twenty interviews, thousands of letters,
and several unpublished manuscripts in her personal papers, Eleanor
Cameron is a tour of the most exciting and creative periods of
American children's literature through the experience of one of its
valiant purveyors and champions.
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