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‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery
Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/83723 ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery Noomé, Idette jmvanheerden16@gmail.com Van Heerden, Jeanne-Marie UCTD L.M. Montgomery house in fiction Emily of New Moon haunted houses Jane of Lantern Hill Dissertation (MA (English))--University of Pretoria, 2017. Houses in literature are an important signifier, and for Canadian author L.M. Montgomery, places and especially houses were deeply meaningful. This study explores the portrayal of houses and homes in a selection of L.M. Montgomery’s novels: Anne of Green Gables (1908), Anne of Avonlea (1909), Anne of the Island (1915), Anne’s House of Dreams (1917), Emily of New Moon (1923), The Blue Castle (1926), Emily Climbs (1927), Emily’s Quest (1928), A Tangled Web (1931), Pat of Silver Bush (1933), Mistress Pat (1935), Anne of Windy Willows (1936), and Jane of Lantern Hill (1937). Montgomery’s own attachment to houses and places is evident from The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Volumes 1-5 (1985-2004), Mary Rubio’s biography, Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings (2008) and Montgomery’s letters, My Dear Mr. M: Letters to G.B. MacMillan from L.M. Montgomery (1980). This study argues that, given Montgomery’s emphasis on the physical environment of her own life, the environment which surrounds the characters of her novels is equally important for deciphering meanings conveyed in her books. Therefore, the study attempts to ascertain what houses in Montgomery’s fiction communicate, drawing on theories of place attachment and emotional relationships with places to explain the significance of the houses in these novels and Montgomery’s depiction of them and their relation to the characters. Research on place attachment and the meaning of home helps to clarify the significance of houses in these novels. Prior analysis of Montgomery’s novels is also taken into account, as well as studies on the house in other fiction. The study shows that the houses in Montgomery’s fiction often function as a symbol for the self. They also facilitate or prevent actions or events which involve the characters, and fulfil the needs of the characters, whether these needs be physical or emotional. I use these functions as an interpretive lens through which I attempt to illuminate aspects of Montgomery’s depiction of houses in these novels as dream houses, haunted houses, houses of nostalgia or escape. Montgomery uses houses to situate the characters in her novels, both physically and emotionally. Close analysis of the passages relating to houses in these novels reveals the depth of detail, the imagery and symbolism, and Montgomery’s careful selection of words and phrases. English MA (English) Unrestricted 2022-02-09T10:35:42Z 2022-02-09T10:35:42Z 2018 2017 Dissertation * A2018 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83723 en © 2021 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD L.M. Montgomery house in fiction Emily of New Moon haunted houses Jane of Lantern Hill ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery |
| title | ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery |
| title_full | ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery |
| title_fullStr | ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery |
| title_full_unstemmed | ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery |
| title_short | ‘Little houses lovable’: The portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by L.M. Montgomery |
| title_sort | little houses lovable the portrayal of houses and homes in selected novels by l m montgomery |
| topic | UCTD L.M. Montgomery house in fiction Emily of New Moon haunted houses Jane of Lantern Hill |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/83723 |