Beatrix Potter - Writing in Code

Beatrix Potter was one of the inventors of the contemporary picture book, and her small novels published at the turn of the twentieth century are still available and popular today. Writing in Code is the first book-length study of Potter's work, and it covers the entire oeuvre, examining all facets of her work in relation to her private life. Daphne Kutzer reveals the depth of the symbolism in Potter's work and relates this to the issues of the author's own development as an independent woman and writer, and her struggles with domesticity, Unitarianism, and the socio-political issues in late-19th and early-20th century England. Weaving the subtle themes inscribed in Potter's own stories with the concerns and temperament of the author who wrote them, Kutzer exemplifies literary criticism as it can illuminate the breadth of allusion in children's literature.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: Rhymes and Riddles
Chapter Two: Into the Garden
Chapter Three: Two Bad Mice
Chapter Four: Dangers and Delights
Chapter Five: Interlude
Chapter Six: Into the Sunset
Chapter Seven: Coda and Conclusion
Notes
Index
Bibliography

About the author

Daphne Kutzer is SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of English at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh, US.

Product details

• Authors: M Daphne Kutzer, M. Daphne Kutzer, Kutzer M. Daphne
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.10.2013
• EAN: 9780415653640
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65364-0
• No. of pages: 193
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form