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Such a Simple Little Tale

Critical Responses to L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
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 1992

Summary

New in paperback 2003.

Here is a compilation of the best critical essays on this enduring classic. Selections focus on the many perspectives from which Anne of Green Gables is viewed. Is it children's literature, or does it fit a different area of literary scholarship? Each of the articles breaks new ground in the literary criticism of Montgomery's book. Also included is a comprehensive bibliographic guide to the research and criticism of Anne, from the earliest reviews to the most recent essays.

Contributors: Temma R. Berg, Susan Drain, Carol Gay, Nancy Huse, Susan Jackson, Eve Kornfeld, T.D. MacLulich, Perry Nodelman, Mavis Reimer, Catherine Ross, Mary Rubio, Marilyn Solt, Gillian Thomas, Janet Weiss-Townsend, and Muriel Whitaker.



Bibliographic data

Copyright year
1992
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-3985-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-7148-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
202
Product type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction: The Anne-Girl and the Anne Book No access Pages 1 - 10
  2. "Queer Children": L. M. Montgomery's Heroines Muriel A. Whitaker No access Pages 11 - 22
  3. The Decline of Anne: Matron vs.Child Gillian Thomas No access Pages 23 - 28
  4. Progressive Utopia: Or, How to Grow Up Without Growing Up Perry Nodelman No access Pages 29 - 38
  5. Calling Backthe Ghost of the Old-Time Heroine: Duncan, Montgomery, Atwood, Laurence, and Munro Catherine Ross No access Pages 39 - 56
  6. The Uses of Setting in Anne of Green Gables Marilyn Solt No access Pages 57 - 64
  7. Anne of Green Gables: The Architect of Adolescence Mary Rubio No access Pages 65 - 82
  8. L. M. Montgomery's Portraits of the Artist: Realism, Idealism, and the Domestic Imagination T. D. MacLulich No access Pages 83 - 100
  9. "Kindred Spirits" All: Green Gables Revisited Carol Gay No access Pages 101 - 108
  10. Sexism Down on the Farm?: Anne of Green Gables Janet Weiss-Townsend No access Pages 109 - 118
  11. Community and the Individual in Anne of Green Gables: The Meaning of Belonging Susan Drain No access Pages 119 - 130
  12. Journeys of the Mother in the World of Green Gables Nancy Huse No access Pages 131 - 138
  13. The Female Bildungsroman in Nineteenth-Century America: Parameters of a Vision Eve Kornfeld and Susan Jackson No access Pages 139 - 152
  14. Anne of GreenGables: A Girl's Reading Temma F. Berg No access Pages 153 - 164
  15. Suggestions for Further Reading: A Guide to the Research and Criticism on Anne of Green Gables No access Pages 165 - 190
  16. Contributors No access Pages 191 - 194
  17. Index No access Pages 195 - 202

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