LEADER 04242oam 2200865I 450 001 9910807683703321 005 20240530212843.0 010 $a1-136-64427-X 010 $a1-283-44269-8 010 $a9786613442697 010 $a0-203-80489-9 010 $a1-136-64428-8 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203804896 035 $a(CKB)2550000000088806 035 $a(EBL)957860 035 $a(OCoLC)798531580 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000600898 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11367653 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000600898 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10601303 035 $a(PQKB)11537415 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC957860 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL957860 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10531778 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL344269 035 $a(OCoLC)794592448 035 $a(OCoLC)698324482 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB145993 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000088806 100 $a20180706d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature /$fHolly Virginia Blackford 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2012 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (251 p.) 225 1 $aChildren's literature and culture ;$v80 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-79349-3 311 $a0-415-89541-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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. 330 $aIn this book, Blackford historicizes the appeal of the Persephone myth in the nineteenth century and traces figurations of Persephone, Demeter, and Hades throughout girls' literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. She illuminates developmental patterns and anxieties in E. T. A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker and Mouse King, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, Emily Bronte?'s Wuthering Heights, J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy, Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden, E. B. White's Charlotte's Web, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter and t 410 0$aChildren's literature and culture ;$v80. 606 $aGirls in literature 606 $aMyth in literature 606 $aPersephone (Greek deity)--in literature 606 $aChildren's stories, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren's stories, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren's stories$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFantasy fiction, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChild psychology in literature 615 0$aGirls in literature. 615 0$aMyth in literature. 615 0$aPersephone (Greek deity)--in literature. 615 0$aChildren's stories, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren's stories, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren's stories$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFantasy fiction, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChild psychology in literature. 676 $a823/.087660992827 700 $aBlackford$b Holly Virginia.$0887405 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807683703321 996 $aThe myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature$94066424 997 $aUNINA