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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.
From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, through some of the last, such as The Fairy Caravan and The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, 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.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
A Very Personal Preface
What to Call Beatrix Potter
An Introduction to the World of Beatrix Potter
Potter's Realism
Fairies, Fairytales and Beatrix Potter
Potter's Vocabulary and Readership Awareness
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tailor of Gloucester
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
The Tale of Benjamin Bunny
The Tale of Two Bad Mice and The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
The Tale of the Pie and the Patty-Pan
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, The Story of Miss Moppet, and "The Sly Old Cat"
The Tale of Tom Kitten
The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck
The Tale of Samuel Whiskers or The Roly-Poly Pudding
The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies
The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse
The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes
The Tale of Mr. Tod
The Tale of Pigling Bland
The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse
The Fairy Caravan: Beatrix Potter's Book for an American Audience
The Tale of Little Pig Robinson
Sister Anne
Three Posthumous Works: Wag-by-Wall, The Tale of the Faithful Dove, and The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots
A Very Personal Conclusion
Notes
Works Cited
Index
