Kindred spirits: reflections on our relationships with Anne of Green Gables
Edited book (chapter)
Chapter Title | Kindred spirits: reflections on our relationships with Anne of Green Gables |
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Book Chapter Category | Edited book (chapter) |
ERA Publisher ID | 1417 |
Book Title | Reflections on our relationships with Anne of Green Gables: kindred spirits |
Authors | Carniel, Jessica (Author) and Sulway, Nike (Author) |
Editors | Carniel, Jessica and Sulway, Nike |
Page Range | 1-6 |
Chapter Number | 1 |
Number of Pages | 6 |
Year | 2021 |
Publisher | Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISBN | 1527567494 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-6749-8 |
Abstract | Appearing across a vast and diverse array of media, from a lost silent film to contemporary Japanese animations and fan fictions, L.M. Montgomery’s character Anne Shirley—Anne of Green Gables—is one of the most enduring fictional characters, finding kindred spirits within each generation since the novel Anne of Green Gables was first published in 1908. Although in her origins she is a literary character, our memories of and associations with Anne are also mixed intertextually with film, television, theatre, and even tourism. Although she is a Canadian icon with a strong sense of nation and place embedded in her character and story, she is not bound by geography. Anne Shirley is in many ways an idea, and an ideal, that appeals across time and space, a kindred spirit we carry with us from childhood to adulthood. |
Keywords | Anne of Green Gables, literature, adaptation, popular culture, nostalgia |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 470214. Screen and media culture |
470299. Cultural studies not elsewhere classified | |
470523. North American literature | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q674z/kindred-spirits-reflections-on-our-relationships-with-anne-of-green-gables
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