Astrid Lindgren : The Woman Behind Pippi Longstocking / Jens Andersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersen, Jens, author.

Contributor:

Waight, Caroline.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002.

Lindgren, Astrid.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (343 pages) : illustrations, portraits, photographs

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The first English†'language biography of Astrid Lindgren provides a moving and revealing portrait of the beloved Scandinavian literary icon whose adventures of Pippi Longstocking have influenced generations of young readers all over the world. Lindgren's sometimes turbulent life as an unwed teenage mother, outspoken advocate for the rights of women and children, and celebrated editor and author is chronicled in fascinating detail by Jens Andersen, one of Denmark's most popular biographers. Based on extensive research and access to primary sources and letters, this highly readable account describes Lindgren's battles with depression and her personal struggles through war, poverty, motherhood, and fame. Andersen examines the writer's oeuvre as well to uncover the secrets to the books' universal appeal and why they have resonated so strongly with young readers for more than seventy years.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments / Andersen, Jens

One. Fan Letters to the Author

Two. À la garçonne

Three. The Mysteries of Procreation

Four. Hope Avenue

Five. Your Children Are Not Your Children

Six. Mothers of All Lands, Unite!

Seven. Revolution in the Nursery

Eight. Sorrowbirds and Songbirds

Nine. The Poetry of Bright Nights

Ten. The Battle for Fantasy

Eleven. I Have Been Dancing in My Solitude

Astrid Lindgren: Selected Titles

Sources

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 22. Okt 2019)

ISBN:

0-300-23513-5

OCLC:

1020319146