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ONLINE

New York : Routledge, 2012

1 online resource (xi, 248 p.)

ISBN 9781136644283 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9780415895415

Children’s literature and culture ; 80

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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