Intertextuality and Psychology in P. L. Travers' «Mary Poppins» Books

by Julia Kunz

Overview

This work analyses P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins material in terms of its intertextuality and psychological factors. It identifies elements of myth and fairy tale in the collection, and contrasts the text with classics of children's literature by Carroll, Barrie, MacDonald and Nesbit. It also explores a psychoanalytical reading of Mary Poppins.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783631648735
Publisher:	Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Publication date:	03/27/2014
Series:	ALPH: Arbeiten zur Literarischen Phantastik / ALPH: Approaches to Literary Phantasy , #7
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 0.02(d)

About the Author

Julia Kunz studied English and French at the University of Leipzig. Her research interests are focused on children’s literature, representations of the child in literature and culture, and contemporary Irish fiction.

Table of Contents

Contents: Intertextuality in Mary Poppins – Defining children’s literature – P. L. Travers and children’s literature – Travers’ links to the works of Lewis Carroll, J. M. Barrie, Edith Nesbit and George MacDonald – Travers’s use of fairy tale and myth – Intertextual links to Greek and Roman mythology – Travers’ connections to mysticism, theosophy and Gurdjieff – Mary Poppins and Freud – A psychoanalytical approach to Mary Poppins –Mary Poppins and Freud’s uncanny.

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