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Intertextuality and Psychology in P. L. Travers' "Mary Poppins" Books (Hardcover, New edition)
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Intertextuality and Psychology in P. L. Travers' "Mary Poppins" Books (Hardcover, New edition)
Series: ALPH: Arbeiten zur Literarischen Phantastik / ALPH: Approaches to Literary Phantasy, 7
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As we approach the seventieth anniversary of the first appearance
of Mary Poppins, interest in P. L. Travers' most famous creation is
still strong and the time is right for a reassessment of a work
that is rich in meaning for child and adult readers alike. This
book attempts to analyse some of the reasons behind the longevity
and the ongoing appeal of the Mary Poppins material, with
particular reference to intertextuality and the presence of what
Freud described as "the uncanny". By comparing and contrasting the
Mary Poppins material with previous texts, it can be seen that
Travers has been drawing, consciously and subconsciously, on the
great myths and archetypes of the collective human storytelling
experience. The idea therefore emerges that the Mary Poppins
stories touch on some fundamental aspect of the psyche - an aspect
where the symbiosis of security and fear, the familiar and the
unknown, are made manifest to the reader, whether as children
finding their way into adulthood or as adults recalling their
beginnings.
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