Estranging the Nursery - Mary Poppins
Despite its Disneyfication, the novel of P.L. Travers is a fantastic fairy tale combining a fairy tale with a remaking of a happier England. Born Queensland in 1906, Travers left for England during the 1920s. Mary Poppins was first published in 1937 and is a wonderful wish fulfillment fantasy where the Banks’ family are taken [...]