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SUMMARY:A Cathedral of Trees:  Investigating Christianity and Spirituality
  in Anne of Green Gables - Ashley Wilson
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CONTACT:Lucian Stephenson
DESCRIPTION:L.M. Montgomery's _Anne of Green Gables_ (1908) features a her
 oine well-known for her mishaps. Who could forget Anne dying her hair gree
 n or getting her best friend\, Diana\, drunk – all accidentally\, of cou
 rse? Rarely do we think about Anne in relation to religion\, but look clos
 er and you will see Anne learning to pray under Marilla's tutelage and wan
 ting to be the kind of Christian that the minister's wife\, Mrs Allan\, is
 . There are elements of the American nature-based spiritual movement of Tr
 anscendentalism in Montgomery's novel\, but there is also a strong presenc
 e of the conservative Christian Presbyterianism. Come along to the researc
 h seminar to learn more.\n\n*Bio*\n\n*Ashley Wilson's* doctoral research f
 ocuses on Christianity and spirituality in nineteenth- and early twentieth
 -century North American girls' books\, with an emphasis on _Anne of Green 
 Gables_ (1908) and _Pollyanna_ (1913). Wilson's chapter on _Pollyanna_ thr
 ough the lens of twentieth-century Protestantism will be published in Elea
 nor H. Porter's _Pollyanna: A Children's Classic at 100_.
LOCATION:Faculty of Education\, 184 Hills Road\, Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, DMB
 \, Room 1S3
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