Heidi | For Further Reference
Eaton, Anne Thaxter. "Widening Horizons, 1840-1890." In A Critical History of Children's Literature, edited by Cornelia Meigs. New York: Macmillan, 1953. This book includes a good brief discussion of the appeal of Heidi.
Eayrs, Catherine. "Johanna Spyri." In Writers for Children: Critical Studies of Major Authors Since the Seventeenth Century, edited by Jane M. Bingham. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. This article provides a good biography of Spyri, along with an analysis of her style, autobiographical elements in her writing, cultural and historical...
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