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Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins
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Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins Hardcover - 2006

by Giorgia Grilli


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The Mary Poppins that many people know of today--a stern, but sweet, loveable, and reassuring British nanny--is a far cry from the character created by Pamela Lyndon Travers in the 1930's. Instead, this is the Mary Poppins reinvented by Disney in the eponymous movie. This book sheds light on the original Mary Poppins,

Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins is the only full-length study that covers all the Mary Poppins books, exposing just how subversive the pre-Disney Mary Poppins character truly was. Drawing important parallels between the character and the life of her creator, who worked as a governess herself, Grilli reveals the ways in which Mary Poppins came to unsettle the rigid and rigorous rules of Victorian and Edwardian society that most governesses embodied, taught, and passed on to their charges.

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  • Title Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins
  • Author Giorgia Grilli
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st edition.
  • Pages 200
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Date 2006-11-22
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780415977678 / 0415977673
  • Weight 0.89 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.36 x 6.36 x 0.63 in (23.77 x 16.15 x 1.60 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: British
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Governesses in literature, Poppins, Mary (Fictitious character)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007274662
  • Dewey Decimal Code 823.912

About the author

Giorgia Grilli teaches children's literature at the University of Bologna. She has published four books on children's literature in Italian.

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