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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
248

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The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature
2011, Routledge
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Reaching for the narcissus: Byronic boys, toys, and the plight of Persephone
Unearthing the child underworld: the history of Persephone and developmental psychology
Toying with Persephone: Herr Drosselmeier and Marie in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker and Mouse King
Jo's sensational boy and the gift of Amy's soul in Louisa May Alcott's Little women (1868-1869)
Lost girls, underworld queens in J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (1911) and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights
Eleusinian mysteries in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The secret garden
The Byronic woman: E.B. White's Charlotte's web
The riddle of feminine criture in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and The chamber of secrets
Divorce and other mothers: Stephenie Meyer's Twilight (2005) and Neil Gaiman's Coraline.

Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Series
Children's literature and culture -- 80

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.087660992827
Library of Congress
PR830.G57 B63 2011, PR830.G57 B63 2012, PR830.G57B63 2011, PR830.G57 B63 2012eb

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
248

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24827700M
ISBN 13
9780415895415
LCCN
2011008970
OCLC/WorldCat
775861927, 698324482

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