Marilyn Fain Apseloff
| Marilyn Fain Apseloff | |
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| Born | March 18, 1934 |
| February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 | |
| 💼 Occupation | Professor of English |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Stanford S. Apseloff (m. 1956) |
| 👶 Children | 4: Roy, Stanford, Glen, Lynn |
Marilyn Fain Apseloff (March 18, 1934 - February 22, 2018) was born Marilyn Fain in 1934 in Attleboro, Massachusetts to Arthur and Eve Fain. [1][2]
Career
Apseloff received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1956, and her Master's degree from the University of Cincinnati in 1957. She also completed a fellowship at the University of Cincinnati in 1957. Her formal introduction to children's literature began when her husband urged her to take a class at Kent State University, where he taught. After completing the course, she became a teaching assistant for the class, then a part-time instructor in 1969. After promotions to Assistant and Associate Professor in the English department, she became a Full Professor in 1992.[1][3][2]
Apseloff was among the early leadership of the [[Children's Literature Association|Children's Literature Association (CLA)], founded in 1973 to provide a professional hub for scholarly study and criticism of children's literature, a field that was at that time in its infancy. She served on the association's board of directors from 1976 to 1985, as treasurer from 1976 to 1977, and president from 1979 to 1980.[4][5] She was the chair of the organization's conference at Harvard University in 1979.[1] Apseloff attended the 1979 First White House Conference on Library and Information Services as the president of the Children's Literature Association and spoke before a Senate committee. In an account of the event written for the Children's Literature Association Quarterly, she noted then-President Jimmy Carter's speech about the influence of an attentive librarian and books on his childhood. She also presented a paper on the importance of child-specific services and literature, and the work the CLA was doing in these areas.[6][7][8]
She wrote, “Libraries are crucial to meet our goals, to meet what should be the country's goals: a heightened awareness of children's literature so that we can make book lovers of children, and a determination to educate their parents to realize the importance of good books for children. Therefore, I urge you on behalf of children everywhere to keep their needs in the forefront of your deliberations: after all, our future is in their hands.”[8]
Her diverse writings included topics ranging from books for babies to adult poetry for children, and she wrote about controversial subjects in children’s literature, including abandonment, war, and suicide.[7][9][10][11][12][13]
During her career, Apseloff served as a contributing editor of the Children’s Literature Quarterly from 1979-1982, then as a co-editor in 1983, and as an editor from 1984-1987. She taught and presented her work both nationally and internationally, including in Greece, Poland, and Lithuania. She also contributed her time to organizations close to home, including the Kent Free Public Library and local schools.[7]
Much of Apseloff’s scholarly writing concerned absurdist and nonsense literature for children. With Celia Catlett Anderson, she wrote Nonsense Literature for Children: Aesop to Seuss, which was chosen as a Book Award Honorable Mention by the Children's Literature Association in 1991.[7][14][15] Christine Behrmann, a children's materials specialist at the New York Public Library at the time, reviewed the book in The School Library Journal, writing "Nonsense Literature for Children is a spirited and thought-provoking work that gives readers fresh viewpoints about a major segment of children's literature." Callie Israel, writing for the journal Emergency Librarian, also praised the book, writing "Throughout their study, the authors have remained child-focused in their analysis. This book is an excellent resource for the serious student of literature for children. As well, the working professional will find it useful as a refresher in the techniques of bibliographical analysis and for its excellent bibliographies."[16] That book and related articles are still used today by scholars who are building upon the foundation of pioneers in this field, studying authors such as Theodore Geisel, Lewis Carroll, and Edward Gorey.[17][18]
Another subject of Apseloff's scholarly work is the writings of authors whose primary audience is adults but who also created books for children, and works for adults that could be adapted for children. In addition to articles on this area, Apseloff wrote They Wrote for Children Too: An Annotated Bibliography of Children's Books by Famous Writers for Adults.[7][11]
Apseloff's third book, Elizabeth George Speare', published in 1991, focused on the American writer and Newbery Medal winner's works for children, including The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Sign of the Beaver.[7]
Apseloff wrote the articles "Literature for Children" published in the World Book Year Book every year from 1984 through 2004.[7]
Selected Works
"Literature for Children" The World Book Year Book (World Book, 1984-1997, 1999-2004)
Nonsense Literature for Children: Aesop to Seuss, with Celia Catlett Anderson (Shoe String Press, 1989)
They Wrote for Children Too: An annotated bibliography of children's books by famous writers for adults (Greenwood Press, 1989)
Elizabeth George Speare (Twayne Publishers, 1991)
"Literature, Children's" The World Book Year Book (World Book, 1998)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Apseloff, Stanford (2018). Marilyn Fain Apseloff. Ohio Distinctive Publishing. pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-1-936772-18-6. Search this book on
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Marilyn Apseloff". article.wn.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ↑ "Marilyn Apseloff". article.wn.com. Retrieved 2018-07-12.
- ↑ "ChLA Elects Officers & Board". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 2(1): 1–3.
- ↑ "CHLA Past Presidents" (PDF). Children's Literature Association. 2016. Retrieved 07/05/2018. Check date values in:
|access-date=(help) - ↑ Gay, Carol (1983). "ChLA 1973-1983" (PDF). Children's Literature Association. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Apseloff, Stanford (2018). Marilyn Fain Apseloff. Ohio Distinctive Publishing. pp. 36–40. ISBN 978-1-936772-18-6. Search this book on
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Apseloff, Marilyn (1980). "President Attends DC Conference". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 4(4): 4–34.
- ↑ Apseloff, Marilyn Fain. "Death Adolescent Literature: Suicide". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 16: 4.
- ↑ Apseloff, Marilyn Fain. "Abandonment: The New Realism of the Eighties". Children's Literature in Education. 23(2): 101–106.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Apseloff, Marilyn (1979). "Old Wine in New Bottles: Adult Poetry for Children". Children's Literature in Education. 10: 194–202.
- ↑ Apseloff, Marilyn Fain. “Survival! Polish Children During World War II.” Visions of War: World War II in Popular Literature and Culture, edited by M. Paul Holsinger and Mary Anne. Schofield, Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1992, pp. 78–84.
- ↑ Apseloff, Marilyn (Summer 1987). "Books for babies: Learning toys or pre-literature?". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 12(2): 63–66.
- ↑ "Awards and Scholarships". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 1991: 56. 1991.
- ↑ Behrmann, Christine (October 1989). "All About Nonsense". School Library Journal. 35(14): 29.
- ↑ Israel, Callie (1990). "Professional Reading: Nonsense Literature for Children". Emergency Librarian. 17(4): 43.
- ↑ Tulloch, B. (2015). A spoonful of silly: Examining the relationship between children's nonsense verse and critical literacy (thesis). University of British Columbia.
- ↑ Shortsleeve, Kevin (2002). "Edward Gorey, Children's Literature, and Nonsense Verse". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. 27(1): 27–39.
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