Research Catalog

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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Holdings

Details

Description

xi, 248 p.; 24 cm.

Series Statement

Children's literature and culture

Uniform Title

Children's literature and culture.

Subject

• Persephone (Greek deity) > In literature
• Girls in literature
• Myth 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

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

• 9780415895415
• 0415895413

LCCN

^^2011008970

OCLC

698324482

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library