Such a Simple Little Tale - by Mavis Reimer (Paperback)

About the Book

New in Paperback 2003. A compilation of the best critical essays on this enduring classic.

Book Synopsis

New in paperback 2003. Here is a compilation of the best critical essays on this enduring classic. Selections focus on the many perspectives from which Anne of Green Gables is viewed. Is it children's literature, or does it fit a different area of literary scholarship? Each of the articles breaks new ground in the literary criticism of Montgomery's book. Also included is a comprehensive bibliographic guide to the research and criticism of Anne, from the earliest reviews to the most recent essays. Contributors: Temma R. Berg, Susan Drain, Carol Gay, Nancy Huse, Susan Jackson, Eve Kornfeld, T.D. MacLulich, Perry Nodelman, Mavis Reimer, Catherine Ross, Mary Rubio, Marilyn Solt, Gillian Thomas, Janet Weiss-Townsend, and Muriel Whitaker.

Review Quotes

...conveniently assembles materials that may be inaccessible for some students and provides a sound introduction to the critical discussion of a perennially popular novel.

...will let the growing number of Montgomery's "serious" readers-come-lately see the movement toward the new critical possibilities that scholars have increasingly come to find in L.M. Montgomery and her work.

Reimer does considerable service to the study...because of the inclusion of a consciousness-raising bibliographic essay...excellent critical writing...

About the Author

Mavis Reimer is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Winnipeg, where she teaches Victorian studies and children's literature. She is the co-author, with Perry Nodelman, of the third edition of The Pleasures of Children's Literature. In her current project, she is one of a team of researchers investigating the representation of home in Canadian children's literature.