Looking for Anne of Green Gables the story of L.M. Montgomery and her literary classic
Author Gammel shows how a literary classic was born. Lucy Maud Montgomery's own life began in the rural Cavendish family farmhouse on Prince Edward Island, the place that became the inspiration for Green Gables. Mailmen brought the world to the farmhouse's kitchen door in the form of American mass m...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
St. Martin's Press,
2008.
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| Edition: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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| Summary: | Author Gammel shows how a literary classic was born. Lucy Maud Montgomery's own life began in the rural Cavendish family farmhouse on Prince Edward Island, the place that became the inspiration for Green Gables. Mailmen brought the world to the farmhouse's kitchen door in the form of American mass market periodicals, sparking young Maud's imagination. She pored over these magazines, gleaning bits of information about how to dress, how to behave and how a proper young lady should grow. One photo that especially intrigued her was that of Evelyn Nesbit, model for painters and photographers and lover of Stanford White. That photo was the spark for what became Anne Shirley. Blending biography with cultural history, this book is a gold mine for fans of the novels.--From publisher description. |
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| Item Description: | "First published as Looking for Anne : how Lucy Maud Montgomery dreamed up a literary classic by Key Porter Books Limited"--T.p. verso. |
| Physical Description: | 312 p., [48] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-305) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780312382384 (pbk.) 9780312382377 0312382375 |
| Author Notes: | IRENE GAMMEL is an English professor and holds the Canada Research Chair in Modern Literature and Culture at Ryerson University, Toronto. She has served as president of the Canadian Comparative Literature Association and as an editorial board member of Canadian Literature . She lives in Toronto, Canada. |
