The real Enid Blyton
Cohen, Nadia2018
Book
She is the most prolific children's author in history, but Enid Blyton is also the most controversial. A remarkable woman who wrote hundreds of books in a career spanning forty years, even her razor sharp mind could never have predicted her enormous global audience. Now, fifty years after her death, Enid remains a phenomenon, with sales outstripping every rival. Parents and teachers lobbied against Enid's books, complaining they were simplistic, repetitive, and littered with sexist and snobbish undertones. Blatant racist slurs were particularly shockingly; foreign and working class characters were treated with a distain that horrifies modern readers. But regardless of the criticism, Enid worked until she could not physically write another word, famously producing thousands of words a day hunched over her manual typewriter.
Main title:
The real Enid Blyton / Nadia Cohen.
Author:
Cohen, Nadia, author
Work:
Imprint:
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, 2018.
Collation:
224 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781526722034 (hbk)
Dewey class:
823.912
Local class:
B BLY
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2692267