Foreword by Neil Gaiman Preface 1. The Strangely Familiar Mary Poppins
The Mary Poppins Books
The Narrative Structure
Mary Poppins' Ambiguity
The Wonderful Real World 2. Pamela Lyndon Travers 3. Thematic Continuity of Mary Poppins
Liminal Figures and the Threshold
The Shaman
The Dandy
The Trickster
Dyonisus and the Bacchae
Liberated Bodies: The Dance
Italo Calvino and the Concept of Lightness
The Primitive Vision of the World: The Maternal Right
A Child
Like Vision of the World: The Pre
oedipal Phase
The Path of Desire
Mary Poppins and Husserl: Intentional Consciousness 4. The Governess at the Door
The Governess As Institution
The Advent of the Governess: a) The Law of Order (The Unspoiled Children) b) The Threat of Disorder (The Stolen Children)
The Governess and the Mother: Aspects of Victorian
Edwardian Sexuality
Manners
Teratology and the Governess
The Governess as Bulwark of Bourgeios Values
The Governess as Threshold Figure
Inevitable Contradictions
Fortunate Contradictions Endnotes Bibliography Index
