The myth of Persephone in girls' fantasy literature [electronic resource] / Holly Virginia Blackford
- Author:
- Blackford, Holly Virginia
- Published:
- New York ; London : Routledge, 2012.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 248 p. ; 24 cm.
- Access Online:
- serialssolutions.com
- Series:
- Children's literature and culture ; 80
- Restrictions on Access:
- License restrictions may limit access.
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- 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(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780415895415
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