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Author:

Sanders, Joe Sutliff.

Title:

Disciplining girls : understanding the origins of the classic orphan girl story / Joe Sutliff Sanders.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

xi, 225 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

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--19th century--History and criticism.
Canadian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-215) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1421403188 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781421403182 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)708243745

LCCN:

2011009969

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)