Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Years before the publication of Anne of Green Gables in 1908, artists were responding to, and adapting, Montgomery's work.In her lifetime, Montgomery saw two Hollywood interpretations of Anne of Green Gables (1919, 1934) and one of Anne of Windy Poplars (1940), and she fielded multiple requests to option The Blue Castle (CJ 6: 119; SJ 5: 82).A former concert singer composed the song "The Wild White Cherry Tree," which "seemed to her [the composer] to express her feelings on reading Anne" (CJ 2: 291), while a fan letter from "a jubilant girl" shared that she had published a poem "inspired" by Emily (SJ 5: 274).Montgomery saw a school play based on a section of The Golden Road (CJ 4: 214) and came across a
Author: Kate Scarth
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4415994554