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 (https://doi.org/10.1093/litthe/frw017)

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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.

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Blair, Kirstie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0040-3670 and Thompson, William V.;
  • Item type:Article
    ID code:59509
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    30 June 2016
    Published
    26 May 2016
    Published Online
    30 March 2016
    Accepted
    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) > Humanities > English
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:20 Jan 2017 11:29
    Last modified:15 Sep 2023 00:51
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/59509
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