Disciplining girls : understanding the origins of the classic orphan girl story /
Joe Sutliff Sanders.
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, (c)2011.
- 1 online resource (xi, 225 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Gender, Sentiment, Individualism, Discipline""; ""1 The Wide, Wide World and the Rules of Sentimental Engagement""; ""2 The Hidden Hand and Momentary Individualism""; ""3 Eight Cousins and What Girls Are Made For""; ""4 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm and the Threat of Affective Discipline""; ""5 A Little Princess and the Accidental Power of Stories""; ""6 Anne of Green Gables and the Return of Affective Discipline""; ""7 The Secret Garden and the Rajah�s Master""; ""8 Pollyanna and Anxious Individualism"" ""9 Emily of New Moon and the Private Girl""""10 Spinning Sympathy""; ""11 Girls� Novels and the End of Mothering""; ""Conclusion: Affection, Manipulation, Pleasure, Abuse""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Z""
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Canadian fiction--History and criticism.--20th century Canadian fiction--History and criticism.--19th century American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century Sentimentalism in literature. Child rearing in literature. Orphans in literature. Children's stories, Canadian--History and criticism. Children's stories, American--History and criticism. Girls in literature. Daughters in literature.