- Philip Nel
Philip Nel (
1969 -) is an American scholar of children's literature and Professor of English atKansas State University . He is best known for his work onDr. Seuss andHarry Potter , which have led to his being a guest on such media programs asCBS Sunday Morning ,NPR 'sMorning Edition andTalk of the Nation .Background
Nel was born in Massachusetts. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1997 and 1993, and his B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1992. In response to the question of why he writes about what he does, Nel told "Contemporary Authors", "To study children's literature is to be reminded of why reading (and re-reading) is fun, but it is also to see how complex and interesting supposedly 'simple' books really are. And that's fun, too."
Works
*"Tales for Little Rebels: A Collection of Radical Children's Literature." Co-edited with Julia Mickenberg. NYU Press, Nov. 2008.
*"The Annotated Cat: Under the Hats of Seuss and His Cats." New York: Random House, 2007.
*"Dr. Seuss: American Icon." New York and London: Continuum Publishing, 2004.
*"The Avant-Garde and American Postmodernity: Small Incisive Shocks." Jackson and London: University Press of Mississippi, 2002.
*"J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Novels: A Reader's Guide." New York and London: Continuum Publishing, 2001.*Afterword to Crockett Johnson's "Magic Beach." Appreciation by
Maurice Sendak . Ashville, NC: Front Street, 2005.Sources
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1668915 "Celebrating the 100th Birthday of Dr. Seuss: A New Book Looks Back at the Life of Theodor Geisel,"] Talk of the Nation, NPR, 10 Feb. 2004.
* [http://www.k-state.edu/english/nelp/about.html "My Page About Me: A Sketchy Biography of Philip Nel"] .
*Lynn Neary, [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7651308 "Fifty Years of the Cat in the Hat"] , Morning Edition, NPR, 1 Mar. 2007.
*"Philip Nel," Department of English, Kansas State University. [http://www.k-state.edu/english/people/alph/nel.html]
*"Philip Nel," K-State Media Guide [http://www.mediarelations.k-state.edu/media/mediaguide/bios/nelbio.html]
*"Philip W. Nel." "Contemporary Authors Online". Detroit: Gale, 2004. Literature Resource Center.
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