John Cech

John Cech (* 1944 ) is an American literary scholar with a special focus on children's and youth literature . Cech has been Professor of Children's and Youth Literature and 20th Century American Literature at the University of Florida since 1976 .

Life

John Otto Cech studied English literature at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he received his BA in 1966. He attended a PhD program at the University of Connecticut , which he completed in 1974 with a doctorate in English and American literature. Since 1976 he has been a professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville , where he heads the Center for the Study of Children's Literature & Culture . His work on Maurice Sendak is particularly well-known , and Cech, who also wrote literature for children himself, published on Charles Olson , Edward Dahlberg and Weston Woods . He also hosts a radio show on culture for children on the University of Florida’s National Public Radio program.

Works

• Jacques-Henri Lartigue . Boy with a camera . Simon and Schuster, 1994. ISBN 0-02-718136-7
• Angels and Wild Things. The Archetypal Poetics of Maurice Sendak . Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-271-00949-7
• Imagination and Innovation. The Story of Weston Woods . Scholastic Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-545-08922-7

Web links

• John Cech's personal website
• Homepage of John Cech at the Department of English at the University of Florida