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Disciplining girls : understanding the origins of the classic orphan girl story
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- Creator
- Joe Sutliff Sanders
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
- Physical Details
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- xi, 225 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 1421403188, 9781421403779, 9781421403182, 1421403773
- OCLC
- ocn923196931, ocn794700353, ocn708243745
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-215) and index.
- The wide, wide world and the rules of sentimental engagement -- The hidden hand and momentary individualism -- Eight cousins and what girls are made for -- Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and the threat of affective discipline -- A little princess and the accidental power of stories -- Anne of Green Gables and the return of affective discipline -- The Secret Garden and the rajah's master -- Pollyanna and anxious individualism -- Emily of New Moon and the private girl -- Spinning sympathy -- Girls' novels and the end of mothering -- Conclusion: affection, manipulations, pleasure, abuse
Subjects
- Girls in literature.
- Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
- Children's stories, Canadian -- History and criticism.
- Orphans in literature.
- Child rearing in literature.
- Sentimentalism in literature.
- American fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Canadian fiction -- History and criticism -- 19th century.
- Canadian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.