The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature / / Holly Virginia Blackford

• Autore: Blackford Holly Virginia
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 823/.087660992827
• Soggetto topico: Girls in literature; Myth in literature; Persephone (Greek deity) 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
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 t
• Titolo autorizzato: The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature
• ISBN: 1-136-64427-X; 1-283-44269-8; 9786613442697; 0-203-80489-9; 1-136-64428-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778924803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Children's literature and culture ; ; 80.