04178oam 2200841I 450 991077892480332120230802004629.01-136-64427-X1-283-44269-897866134426970-203-80489-91-136-64428-810.4324/9780203804896 (CKB)2550000000088806(EBL)957860(OCoLC)798531580(SSID)ssj0000600898(PQKBManifestationID)11367653(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600898(PQKBWorkID)10601303(PQKB)11537415(MiAaPQ)EBC957860(Au-PeEL)EBL957860(CaPaEBR)ebr10531778(CaONFJC)MIL344269(OCoLC)794592448(OCoLC)698324482(FINmELB)ELB145993(EXLCZ)99255000000008880620180706d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature /Holly Virginia BlackfordNew York :Routledge,2012.1 online resource (251 p.)Children's literature and culture ;80Description based upon print version of record.1-138-79349-3 0-415-89541-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.In this book, Blackford historicizes the appeal of the Persephone myth in the nineteenth century and traces figurations of Persephone, Demeter, and Hades throughout girls' literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She illuminates developmental patterns and anxieties in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker and Mouse King, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights, J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and tChildren's literature and culture ;80.Girls in literatureMyth in literaturePersephone (Greek deity) in literatureChildren's stories, EnglishHistory and criticismChildren's stories, AmericanHistory and criticismChildren's storiesHistory and criticismFantasy fiction, EnglishHistory and criticismFantasy fiction, AmericanHistory and criticismChild psychology in literatureGirls in literature.Myth in literature.Persephone (Greek deity) in literature.Children's stories, EnglishHistory and criticism.Children's stories, AmericanHistory and criticism.Children's storiesHistory and criticism.Fantasy fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism.Fantasy fiction, AmericanHistory and criticism.Child psychology in literature.823/.087660992827Blackford Holly Virginia.887405MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910778924803321The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature3737193UNINA