Anne of Green Gables: A Norton Critical Edition (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780393926958)

This Norton Critical Edition offers an unrivaled selection of contextual and critical material, edited by two leading Montgomery scholars. "Backgrounds" brings together fourteen relevant excerpts from Montgomery's journals, letters, and juvenilia along with literary selections from, among others, Sir Walter Scott, Byron, Caroline Oliphant, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and Louisa May Alcott. The cultural context of Anne of Green Gables is explored through the writings of Carole Gerson, Kate Wood, and Mary Henley Rubio. "Criticism" is divided into "Early Reviews and Responses" and "Modern Critical Views." Eight reviews from 1908 to 1942 include Canadian, American, and British assessments. Critical essays are provided by, among others, Northrop Frye, Elizabeth Epperly, T. D. MacLulich, Juliet McMaster, Carol Shields, Margaret Atwood, and Elizabeth Waterston. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also included.

Author: L. M. Montgomery
ISBN-10: 0393926958
ISBN-13: 9780393926958
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 12/01/2006
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.30w x 0.86d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.3
Point Value: 17
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 203 / Anne of Green Gables (Unabridged)