Children and Childhoods in L.M. Montgomery - 9780228013884

Children and Childhoods in L.M. MontgomeryContinuing Conversations\nAuthor(s): Rita Bode, Lesley D. Clement, E. Holly Pike, Margaret Steffler\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, Canada\nImprint: McGill-Queen's University Press\nISBN-13: 9780228013884, 978-0228013884\nSynopsis\nFrom Jane Austen to contemporary fanfiction and adaptations, literary portrayals of the child and imaginings of childhood are particularly telling indicators of cultural values and when they shift. \n\nInspired by the responsive reading practices of [url] Montgomery herself, those demonstrated by her characters, and those of her diverse readership, Children and Childhoods in [url] Montgomery works with concepts of confluence, based on organic, non-linear readings of texts across time and space. Such readings reconsider views of childhood and children by challenging power hierarchies and inequities found in approaches that privilege more linear readings of literary influence. While ack)