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y separately published work icon Mary Poppins Comes Back single work   children's fiction   children's   fantasy  
Is part of Mary Poppins P. L. Travers , 1934-1989 series - author children's fiction (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 1935... 1935 Mary Poppins Comes Back
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Mary Poppins comes back on the end of a kite string, stays with the Banks family for a while, and then disappears on a merry-go-round horse.

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Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Peter Davies ,       1935 .
      Extent: 247p.
      Description: illus.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Collins ,       1958 .
      Extent: 254p.
      Description: illus.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Collins ,       1965 .
      Extent: 254p.
      Description: illus.
      ISBN: 0001811029
    • Orlando, Florida,
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Harcourt Brace ,       1997 .
      image of person or book cover 166621667048903219.jpg
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      Extent: 320 p.p.
      ISBN: 9780152017194
Alternative title: Mary Poppins Kommer Tillbaka
Language: Swedish
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Books That Changed Me : Jaclyn Moriarty Jaclyn Moriarty , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 October 2012; (p. 14)
Magic Women on the Margins : Ec-centric Models in Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz Cristina Pérez Valverde , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , December vol. 40 no. 4 2009; (p. 263-274)

'This paper offers a comparative analysis of two characters belonging to the tradition of empowered “spinster” in children’s fiction, namely Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz, from the perspective of gender politics and child/adult interactions. A distinction is made between the figure portrayed in P. L. Travers’ texts and the Disney film starring Julie Andrews, which turned the magic nanny into a cultural icon. These two renderings of the powerful, single woman, in turn, are contrasted with Terence Blacker’s postmodern depiction of the good witch in the “Ms Wiz” series, with a view to tracing the evolution of the ostracised female wizard, a character inherited from folklore that has its origin in the Great Mother archetype. As is demonstrated, each representation of the supernatural woman modifies the manner in which the feminine influences the patriarchal order.'
Books That Changed Me : Jaclyn Moriarty Jaclyn Moriarty , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 28 October 2012; (p. 14)
Magic Women on the Margins : Ec-centric Models in Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz Cristina Pérez Valverde , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Children's Literature in Education , December vol. 40 no. 4 2009; (p. 263-274)

'This paper offers a comparative analysis of two characters belonging to the tradition of empowered “spinster” in children’s fiction, namely Mary Poppins and Ms Wiz, from the perspective of gender politics and child/adult interactions. A distinction is made between the figure portrayed in P. L. Travers’ texts and the Disney film starring Julie Andrews, which turned the magic nanny into a cultural icon. These two renderings of the powerful, single woman, in turn, are contrasted with Terence Blacker’s postmodern depiction of the good witch in the “Ms Wiz” series, with a view to tracing the evolution of the ostracised female wizard, a character inherited from folklore that has its origin in the Great Mother archetype. As is demonstrated, each representation of the supernatural woman modifies the manner in which the feminine influences the patriarchal order.'
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