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Children's Literature and Culture Ser.: Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins by Giorgia. Grilli (2006, Hardcover)
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Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins : The Governess As Provocateur, Hardcover by Grilli, Giorgia; Gaiman, Neil (FRW); Varney, Jennifer (TRN), ISBN 0415977673, ISBN-13 9780415977678, Brand New, Free shipping in the US First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRoutledge
ISBN-100415977673
ISBN-139780415977678
eBay Product ID (ePID)52866405
Product Key Features
Number of Pages200 Pages
Publication NameMyth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChildren's & Young Adult Literature, General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year2006
TypeTextbook
AuthorGiorgia. Grilli
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism
SeriesChildren's Literature and Culture Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length9.4 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN2007-274662
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number41
Original LanguageItalian
Dewey Decimal823.912
Table Of ContentForeword by Neil GaimanPreface1. The Strangely Familiar Mary Poppins- The Mary Poppins Books- The Narrative Structure- Mary Poppins' Ambiguity- The Wonderful Real World2. Pamela Lyndon Travers3. Thematic Continuity of Mary Poppins- Liminal Figures and the Threshold- The Shaman- The Dandy- The Trickster- Dyonisus and the Bacchae- Liberated Bodies: The Dance- Italo Calvino and the Concept of Lightness- The Primitive Vision of the World: The Maternal Right- A Child-Like Vision of the World: The Pre-oedipal Phase- The Path of Desire- Mary Poppins and Husserl: Intentional Consciousness4. The Governess at the Door- The Governess As Institution- The Advent of the Governess:a) The Law of Order (The Unspoiled Children)b) The Threat of Disorder (The Stolen Children)- The Governess and the Mother: Aspects of Victorian-Edwardian Sexuality- Manners- Teratology and the Governess- The Governess as Bulwark of Bourgeios Values- The Governess as Threshold Figure- Inevitable Contradictions- Fortunate ContradictionsEndnotesBibliographyIndex
SynopsisThe Mary Poppins that many people know of today--a stern, but sweet, loveable, and reassuring British nanny--is a far cry from the character created by Pamela Lyndon Travers in the 1930's. Instead, this is the Mary Poppins reinvented by Disney in the eponymous movie. This book sheds light on the original Mary Poppins, drawing important parallels between the character and the life of her creator, who worked as a governess herself. "Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins "is the only full-length study that covers all the Mary Poppins book, and shed light, in contrast to the Disney film, on why the books are a literary success and continue to have such a strong popular reception throughout the demonstrates how subversive Mary Poppins truly was. The governess was a figure adopted during the Victorian and Edwardian Age to embody, teach, and pass on the most rigid and rigorous rules values of that society--the very ones that Mary Poppins herself comes to unsettle., The Mary Poppins that many people know of today--a stern, but sweet, loveable, and reassuring British nanny--is a far cry from the character created by Pamela Lyndon Travers in the 1930's. Instead, this is the Mary Poppins reinvented by Disney in the eponymous movie. This book sheds light on the original Mary Poppins, Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins is the only full-length study that covers all the Mary Poppins books, exposing just how subversive the pre-Disney Mary Poppins character truly was. Drawing important parallels between the character and the life of her creator, who worked as a governess herself, Grilli reveals the ways in which Mary Poppins came to unsettle the rigid and rigorous rules of Victorian and Edwardian society that most governesses embodied, taught, and passed on to their charges.
LC Classification NumberPR6039.R32
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