The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature / Holly Virginia Blackford.
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| Superior document: | Children's literature and culture ; 80 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Children's literature and culture ;
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| Physical Description: | xi, 248 p. |
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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.