Beatrix Potter (Children's Literature and Culture) - Softcover

Book 74 of 149: Children's Literature and Culture

Kutzer, M. Daphne Daphne

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9780415653640: Beatrix Potter (Children's Literature and Culture)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0415653649 ISBN 13: 9780415653640
Publisher: Routledge, 2013

Synopsis

Beatrix Potter was one of the inventors of the contemporary picture book, and her small novels published at the turn of the twentieth century are still available and popular today. Writing in Code is the first book-length study of Potter's work, and it covers the entire oeuvre, examining all facets of her work in relation to her private life. Daphne Kutzer reveals the depth of the symbolism in Potter’s work and relates this to the issues of the author's own development as an independent woman and writer, and her struggles with domesticity, Unitarianism, and the socio-political issues in late-19th and early-20th century England. Weaving the subtle themes inscribed in Potter's own stories with the concerns and temperament of the author who wrote them, Kutzer exemplifies literary criticism as it can illuminate the breadth of allusion in children's literature.

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About the Author

Daphne Kutzer is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, US.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415653649
ISBN 13 
9780415653640
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192
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