Dr Suess Goes To War by Richard Minear

Dr Suess Goes To War by Richard Minear

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Zusammenfassung

This volume contains a treasure trove of World War II era political cartoons by the creator of The Cat in the Hat , as political cartoonist for the New York daily newspaper. His remarkable and arresting cartoons exhort readers to give full support to the war effort, put up with shortages, buy US savings bonds, and help control inflation.

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Dr Suess Goes To War by Richard Minear

“A fascinating collection” of wartime cartoons from the beloved children’s author and illustrator (The New York Times Book Review).   For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few know the work Geisel did as a political cartoonist during World War II, for the New York daily newspaper PM. In these extraordinarily trenchant cartoons, Geisel presents “a provocative history of wartime politics” (Entertainment Weekly). Dr. Seuss Goes to War features handsome, large-format reproductions of more than two hundred of Geisel’s cartoons, alongside “insightful” commentary by the historian Richard H. Minear that places them in the context of the national climate they reflect (Booklist).   Pulitzer Prize–winner Art Spiegelman’s introduction places Seuss firmly in the pantheon of the leading political cartoonists of our time.   “A shocker—this cat is not in the hat!” —Studs Terkel
"Scathing, fascinating stuff. . . A provocative history of wartime politics. Grade: A."
—Entertainment Weekly

"Vigorous, trenchant, and vividly memorable, Geisel’s cartoons, accompanied by Minear’s helpful commentary, are a salutary reminder of an era in which patriotism and liberalism went hand in hand."
—The Christian Science Monitor

"Great cartooning. . . . Minear’s text gives solid context to the drawings resurrected in this collection."
—Atlantic Monthly

"Succeeds as both a dark-humored history lesson and a glimpse into the artistic development that would carry into Seuss’s best known books."
—Mother Jones
One of the country’s leading historians of Japan during World War II, Richard H. Minear is a professor of history at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He is also the author of Victor’s Justice: The Tokyo War Crimes Trial. Art Spiegelman is a writer and cartoonist, and author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Maus.
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781565847040
ISBN 10 1565847040
Titel Dr Suess Goes To War
Autor Richard Minear
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag The New Press
Erscheinungsjahr 1999-01-01
Seitenanzahl 272
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