Mary Mapes Dodge and "St. Nicholas": The Development of a Philosophy and Practice of Publishing for Young People.

Autor/in	Fuller, Lawrence B.
Titel	Mary Mapes Dodge and "St. Nicholas": The Development of a Philosophy and Practice of Publishing for Young People.
Quelle	(1984), (39 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Adolescent Literature; Authors; Childrens Literature; Editing; Intellectual History; Interpersonal Communication; Interpersonal Relationship; Literary Criticism; Literary Styles; Periodicals; Publishing Industry; Writing for Publication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Author; Autor; Autorin; 'Children''s literature'; Kinderliteratur; Redaktion; Textbearbeitung; Geistesgeschichte; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Literaturkritik; Literarischer Stil; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum
Abstract	The life of Mary Mapes Dodge, author of "Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates," a pioneer in the field of literature for children and adolescents during the nineteenth century, is recounted in this paper--from her childhood as the daughter of a well-connected but impecunious lecturer, scientist, and inventor through her later years as a widely admired literary figure. The paper focuses on four aspects of Dodge's lengthy career as an author and editor: (1) her development as a writer; (2) the evolution of her philosophy of writing for children, much of which she spelled out in a voluminous correspondence with Horace Scudder, the editor of "Riverside Magazine for Young People" to which she was a regular contributor; (3) her work as the founding and long term editor of "St. Nicholas," a magazine for children and young adults that embodied her philosophy; and (4) her efforts to develop a broad range of social and professional contacts with writers. The paper notes in particular her ability to work under pressure; her business skills; the diplomacy she employed to get reluctant authors to make changes in their manuscripts; her editorial relationships with famous writers such as Louisa May Alcott, Rudyard Kipling, and Samuel Clemens; and her willingness to lend money to authors short on cash, offer advice to fledgling writers, and find outlets for writers in appropriate publications. (RBW)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC