| Description |
1 online resource (189 pages) |
| Series |
Children's Literature and Culture |
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Children's literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Cover; Peter Pan's Shadows in the Literary Imagination; Copyright; Contents; Series Editor's Forward; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and References; Introduction: The Shadow of Peter Pan; Chapter 1Storytelling; Chapter 2: Peter and Pantomime; Chapter 3: Wendy and Peter; Chapter 4: Before Peter Pan: Loisel; Chapter 5: Imagining Barrie; Chapter 6: Ending Peter Pan; Chapter 7: Sequels; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book is a literary analysis of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan in all its different versions -- key rewritings, dramatisations, prequels, and sequels -- and includes a synthesis of the main critical interpretations of the text over its history. A comprehensive and intelligent study of the Peter Pan phenomenon, this study discusses the book's complicated textual history, exploring its origins in the Harlequinade theatrical tradition and British pantomime in the nineteenth century. Stirling investigates potential textual and extra-textual sources for Peter Pan, the critical tendency to seek sources |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937. Peter Pan.
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Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 -- Adaptations
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Peter Pan (Fictitious character)
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| SUBJECT |
Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 fast |
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Peter Pan (Fictitious character) fast |
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Peter Pan (Barrie, J. M.) fast |
| Genre/Form |
Adaptations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203139172 |
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0203139178 |
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