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The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature
- Title
- The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature / Holly Virginia Blackford.
- Author
- Blackford, Holly Virginia.
- Publication
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 11-3335 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xi, 248 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Children's literature and culture
- Uniform Title
- Children's literature and culture.
- Subjects
- Girls in literature
- Fantasy fiction, English > History and criticism
- Children's stories > History and criticism
- Children's stories, American > History and criticism
- Children's stories, English > History and criticism
- Fantasy fiction, American > History and criticism
- Persephone (Greek deity) in literature
- Myth in literature
- Child psychology in literature
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-3335
- ISBN
- 9780415895415
- 0415895413
- LCCN
- 2011008970
- OCLC
- YBP 2011008970
- Author
- Blackford, Holly Virginia.
- Title
- The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature / Holly Virginia Blackford.
- Imprint
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Series
- Children's literature and cultureChildren's literature and culture.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-3335