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The mood of the golden age : paganism, ecotheology and the wild woods in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne and Emily series

Blair, Kirstie and Thompson, William V. (2016) The mood of the golden age : paganism, ecotheology and the wild woods in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne and Emily series. Literature and Theology, 30 (2). pp. 131-147. ISSN 1477-4623

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Abstract

This article discusses the intersection of pagan and Christian allusions in Montgomery’s depiction of her heroines’ love of nature, contextualising these within the renewed interest in paganism in early twentieth-century literature and concentrating particularly on discussions of trees and woods in the Anne and Emily series. It suggests that the attitudes towards nature and God displayed in these works anticipate themes in current ecotheological discourse.

Item type: Article
ID code: 59509
Notes: This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Literature and Theology following peer review. The version of record Kirstie Blair, William V. Thompson; The Mood of the Golden Age: Paganism, Ecotheology and the Wild Woods in L.M. Montgomery’s Anne and Emily Series . Literature and Theology 2016; 30 (2): 131-147. is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frw017.
Keywords: theology, children's literature, Canadian literature, ecocriticism, Language and Literature, Literature and Literary Theory, Religious studies
Subjects: Language and Literature
Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Humanities > English
Depositing user: Pure Administrator
Date deposited: 20 Jan 2017 11:29
Last modified: 06 Mar 2019 15:21
URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59509
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