Hermione's bottomless bag; Paddington's hard stare; Nanny McPhee's mysterious and magical personality; Yondu's flying arrow. These seemingly unrelated characters, personality traits and magical belongings all merge under Mary Poppins's umbrella. Australian-born P. L. Travers's iconic English governess has been entertaining readers worldwide since 1934. Over time, the audience for Mary Poppins has only grown as a result of various film and stage adaptations (e.g., Disney's Mary Poppins in 1964 and 2018). This book aims to inform those professionals who are eager to discover more about the connection between popular culture and children's literature concerning Mary Poppins. It is the first to collect and introduce films, sitcoms and other books that have adapted Mary Poppins's most characteristic personality traits (such as her bitter-sweet ironic mood), unusual teaching methods, and her use of magical accessories (such as her umbrella and carpet bag).
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Product Details
Dimensions: 148 x 212mm
Publication Date: 01 May 2024
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781036402686
About Renáta Lengyel-Marosi
Mgr Renáta Lengyel-Marosi PhD works at J. Selye University in Komárno Slovakia. Currently she is an assistant professor at the Department of English Language and Literature. She gained her PhD in English children's literature from Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest Hungary. She has been conducting research on Victorian fairy tales and popular culture and twentieth-century English and American children's literature (with particular attention to P. L. Travers's Mary Poppins) for seven years. Lengyel-Marosi has published a textbook (Culture and History of Great Britain) a workbook (The Culture and History of the USA) eight chapters from edited books (e.g. Mary Poppins: the Subversive Magic Helper and Buddhism in P. L. Travers's Mary Poppins Novels) six articles (e.g. Meeting MaryMeeting Your Self: The Functions of Dreams in the Mary Poppins Books) a review and co-edited a conference proceeding.