{"product_id":"anna-book","title":"Anna Book","description":"Why are so many fictional characters named Anna (or a variant), and what does this signify? The startling prevalence of Hannah\/Anna\/Anne moves from biblical literature (\u003ci\u003eOld Testament\u003c\/i\u003e Hannah and \u003ci\u003eNew Testament\u003c\/i\u003e St. Anne) to classics (\u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnne Elliot\u003c\/i\u003e) to popular fiction (Anna Dunlop in Sue Miller's \u003ci\u003eThe Good Mother\u003c\/i\u003e), children's literature (\u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e), films (\u003ci\u003eHannah and Her Sisters\u003c\/i\u003e), and horror (Annie Wilkes in Stephen King's \u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e). Does this represent a conscious or unconscious search for the ultimate or missing mother harking back to mythical and religious traditions?\n\nHere twenty-two essayists--literary scholars, writers, historians, classicists, feminist theorists--rise to the challenge, examining Annas in individual literary works or making intriguing connections. Universals and particulars are sorted out as the related names and themes cross time, culture, gender, and racial borders. In the process, much new and fascinating literary criticism is revealed about dozens of authors, including Anthony Trollope, John Berryman, Sean O'Faolain, Edith Wharton, Elizabeth Bowen, Anne Sexton, Arnold Bennett, Doris Lessing, Tillie Olsen, Toni Morrison, Gwendolyn Brooks, Mona Simpson, Mary Lavin, and, yes, Sigmund Freud.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing Plc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54219336057176,"sku":"9780313275852","price":86.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780313275852_21ce0209-7797-4add-8489-d38bdd5e59fc.jpg?v=1743757248","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/anna-book","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}