Anne of Green Gables (NCE): A Norton Critical Edition: 0 (Norton Critical Editions) - Softcover

Montgomery, L. M.; Rubio, Mary Henley; Waterston, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393926958 ISBN 13: 9780393926958

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

This Norton Critical Edition offers an unrivaled selection of contextual and critical material, edited by two leading Montgomery scholars. "Backgrounds" brings together fourteen relevant excerpts from Montgomery's journals, letters, and juvenilia along with literary selections from, among others, Sir Walter Scott, Byron, Caroline Oliphant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Louisa May Alcott. The cultural context of Anne of Green Gables is explored through the writings of Carole Gerson, Kate Wood, and Mary Henley Rubio. "Criticism" is divided into "Early Reviews and Responses" and "Modern Critical Views." Eight reviews from 1908 to 1942 include Canadian, American, and British assessments. Critical essays are provided by, among others, Northrop Frye, Elizabeth Epperly, T. D. MacLulich, Juliet McMaster, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, and Elizabeth Waterston. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

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Review:

-[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice.--Mark Twain
-Aficionados of the auburn-tressed waif will find Anne of Green Gables lavishly illustrated.-
-Smithsonian Magazine

"[Anne is] the dearest and most lovable child in fiction since the immortal Alice."-Mark Twain

"Aficionados of the auburn-tressed waif will find Anne of Green Gables lavishly illustrated."
-Smithsonian Magazine

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About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393926958
• ISBN 13: 9780393926958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464