Posted by Mike Dennis on July 29, 2013 at 23:35:47 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Thoughts After Another Re-Reading posted by Magnus Smith on July 28, 2013 at 13:21:41:
Thanks Magnus, particularly for reminding me of the correct title for Sendak's masterpiece (I should have remembered as I used to know the text off by heart I read it so often to my nephew in the 1980s!)
Sorry about just sticking to 'index', I just wanted to quickly upload it somewhere and not clog up tarboard with such a long post.
Yes, the absent father/parent is a common device in children's fiction, but AR uses it so well. In SD in particular when Nancy and Peggy tell of how the GA has upset their mother, and on the summit of Kanchenjunga when they discover the tin box. AR describes the thoughts and feelings of them in a few brief sentences where some writers would take a couple of pages and not achieve the same effect.
I agree, the development of Titty as a character is the most interesting and detailed.