A Little Princess: Gender and Empire

Twayne's Masterwork Studies #159

by Roderick McGillis

Series Robert Lecker, McGill University.Written in an easy-to-read, accessible style by teachers with years of classroom experience, MASTERWORK STUDIES are guides to the literary works most frequently studied in high school. Presenting ideas that spark imaginations, these books help students to gain background knowledge on great literature useful for papers and exams. The goal of each study is to encourage creative thinking by presenting engaging information about each work and its author. This approach allows students to arrive at sound analyses of their own, based on in-depth studies of popular literature. Each illuminates themes and concepts of a classic text; uses clear, conversational language; is an accessible, manageable length from 140 to 170 pages; includes a chronology of the authors life and era; provides an overview of the historical context; offers a summary of its critical reception; and lists primary and secondary sources and index.

116 pages, Hardcover

First published May 15, 1996

Reviews

[Neda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this piece of criticism McGillis has written on A Little Princes. McGillis is really smart and astute. It's interesting how he is able to find thought-provoking ideas in such a novel as A Little Princes..
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[ivy]

Sara’s imaginative power, her ability to make a story out of nearly everything, is not a sign of female empowerment. As she puts it, “Sara’s ability to make a story of the world is not the power to make the world, . . . but only the power to forget the world.”
Mavis Reimer “Tales Out of School: L. T. Meade and the School Story,”