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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Anne of Green Gables"”.
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The Power of Imagination in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables
This thesis focuses on Anne Shirley’s power of imagination as a recurring theme in the book series and miniseries Anne of Green Gables by analyzing the chapters and scenes in detail that are connected to the heroine’s imagination, focusing on its dimensions and meanings. I am first examining from …
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"Bloom In the Moonshine": Imagination As Liberation In <i>Anne of Green Gables</i>
<p><p>In L.M. Montgomery's <em>Anne of Green Gables</em> (1908), heroine Anne Shirley seemingly dreams her way through life, envisioning scenes of romance or adventure in order to endure and overcome obstacles. This use of imagination serves as a means of ideological transcendence for an early …
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The acceptance of womanhood: gender performance and self-actualization in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, and Anne of the island
<p>There is a pervasive cultural conception of what it is to be a woman, and in literary criticism that preconceived notion of womanhood becomes the basis for a majority of feminist critique; however, because of the particularities of human experience, gender is a highly variable aspect of identity …
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"A woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised" : an ethical-critical analysis of theological rogues in Mark Twain's personal recollections of Joan of Arc and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series.
… criticism to examine the transformative nature of the interaction between authors, characters, and readers, focusing on Mark Twain's Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc and L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series. By presenting socially transgressive figures in a sympathetic manner, …
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The Golden Heroine: An Analysis of the Domestic Heroine in Golden Age Children's Literature
The Golden Age of children's literature (1860s-1910s) was a period in literary history that saw the publication of many a beloved and, now, classic children's story. It was a time of reinvention for children's literature: writers came down from their moral high-ground and began to address children …
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`I had imagined myself into being': storytelling girls in children's fiction from the beginning and end of the twentieth century
This thesis is a text-based study of storytelling girls in children's fiction from the beginning and end of the twentieth century, providing close readings of three texts from each of these periods. Books in Part One are drawn from the canon of classic girls' stories: Ethel Turner's Seven Little …
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‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery
… meaningful. This study explores the portrayal of houses and homes in a selection of L.M. Montgomery’s novels: Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), Anne of the Island (1915), Anne’s House of Dreams (1917), Emily of New Moon (1923), The Blue Castle (1926), Emily Climbs (1927), …
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Jane Eyre And Her Transatlantic Literary Descendants: The Heroic Female Bildungsroman And Constructions Of National Identity
… HEROIC FEMALE BILDUNGSROMAN AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF NATIONAL IDENTITY</p> <p>by</p> <p>ABIGAIL RUTH HEINIGER</p> <p>May 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Anca Vlasopolos</p> <p>Major: English</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This dissertation examines the role of fairy tales and fairy lore across …