Dr. Seuss : American icon - Nel, Philip, 1969- (New York : Continuum, 2004)
List of illustrations and credits -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : How to read Dr. Seuss -- ch. 1. U.S. laureate of nonsense : a Seussian poetics -- ch. 2. Dr. Seuss vs. Adolf Hitler : a political education -- ch. 3. The doc in the smock -- ch. 4. The 5,000 fingers of Dr. S. : the other sides of Dr. Seuss -- ch. 5. The Disneyfication of Dr. Seuss : faithful to profit, one hundred perfect? -- ch. 6. The cat in the hat for president : Dr. Seuss and the public imagination -- Epilogue : American icon, American iconoclast -- Notes -- Annotated bibliography -- Index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-284) and index.
Keywords: Seuss, -- Dr. -- Criticism and interpretation; Seuss, -- Dr. -- Appreciation -- United States; Children's literature, American -- History and criticism; Children -- Books and reading -- United States -- History -- 20th century