The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature /

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Blackford, Holly Virginia
Format: eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Collection:Children's literature and culture ; 80.
Sujets:
Girls in literature.
Myth in literature.
Persephone (Greek deity) in literature.
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
Children's stories, American > History and criticism.
Children's stories > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism.
Child psychology in literature.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • 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.

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