The Mary Poppins that many people know of today--a stern, but sweet, loveable, and reassuring British nanny--is a far cry from the character created by Pamela Lyndon Travers in the 1930's. Instead, this is the Mary Poppins reinvented by Disney in the eponymous movie. This book sheds light on the original Mary Poppins,
Myth, Symbol, and Meaning in Mary Poppins is the only full-length study that covers all the Mary Poppins books, exposing just how subversive the pre-Disney Mary Poppins character truly was. Drawing important parallels between the character and the life of her creator, who worked as a governess herself, Grilli reveals the ways in which Mary Poppins came to unsettle the rigid and rigorous rules of Victorian and Edwardian society that most governesses embodied, taught, and passed on to their charges.
- ISBN10 6610732329
- ISBN13 9786610732326
- Publish Date 1 January 2007 (first published 22 November 2006)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 21 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint CRC Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 202
- Language English