{"product_id":"rebirth-in-the-life-and-works-of-beatrix-potter-9781476680620","title":"Rebirth in the Life and Works of Beatrix Potter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This work traces the concepts of initiation, transformation and rebirth though Beatrix Potter''s personal writings and her children''s fiction. Her letters and journals reveal attempts to escape from what she called her unloved birthplace and her overbearing parents. Potter felt that her life culminated in her forties, when she was, in effect, reborn through marriage as Mrs. William Heelis, a farmer raising Herdwick sheep and buying land for the National Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   From her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit\u003c\/i\u003e, through some of the last, such as \u003ci\u003eThe Fairy Caravan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Little Pig Robinson\u003c\/i\u003e, central characters undergo processes of initiation during which they mature toward adulthood. The most successful ones move from being helpless children to more mature creatures on their way to independence, while others experience no change or even regression.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\tix\u003cbr\u003eA Very Personal Preface\t1\u003cbr\u003eWhat to Call Beatrix Potter\t5\u003cbr\u003eAn Introduction to the World of Beatrix Potter\t7\u003cbr\u003ePotter's Realism\t33\u003cbr\u003eFairies, Fairytales and Beatrix Potter\t43\u003cbr\u003ePotter's Vocabulary and Readership Awareness\t49\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Peter Rabbit\t55\u003cbr\u003eThe Tailor of Gloucester\t66\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Squirrel Nutkin\t69\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Benjamin Bunny\t76\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Two Bad Mice and The Tale of Mrs. ­Tiggy-Winkle\t82\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Pie and the ­Patty-Pan\t88\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher\t94\u003cbr\u003eThe Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, and \"The Sly Old Cat\"\t101\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Tom Kitten\t105\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Jemima ­Puddle-Duck\t109\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The ­Roly-Poly Pudding\t114\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies\t122\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Ginger and Pickles\t126\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse\t128\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Timmy Tiptoes\t130\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Mr. Tod\t134\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Pigling Bland\t143\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Johnny ­Town-Mouse\t147\u003cbr\u003eThe Fairy Caravan: Beatrix Potter's Book for an American Audience\t152\u003cbr\u003eThe Tale of Little Pig Robinson\t159\u003cbr\u003eSister Anne\t170\u003cbr\u003eThree Posthumous Works: ­Wag-by-Wall, The Tale of the Faithful Dove, and The Tale of ­Kitty-in-Boots\t177\u003cbr\u003eA Very Personal Conclusion\t182\u003cbr\u003eNotes\t189\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited\t199\u003cbr\u003eIndex\t205","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040472531287,"sku":"9781476680620","price":27.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476680620.jpg?v=1750946867","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rebirth-in-the-life-and-works-of-beatrix-potter-9781476680620","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}