Peter Pan's Shadows in the Literary Imagination

ISBN-13: 9780415888646 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 188 str.

Kirsten Stirling;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

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.

Recenzje

"Her analysis is compelling... [An] interesting and highly readable text." - Kayla McKinney Wiggins, Mythlore

"Stirling's bibliography is a model of thorough research and her analysis offers fresh ideas for Peter Pan Studies." - Children's Literature Assocation Quarterly.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Abbreviations and References  Introduction: The Shadow of Peter Pan  1. Origins and Storytelling  2. Peter and Pantomime  3. Wendy and Peter  4. Before Peter Pan: Loisel 5. Imagining Barrie  6. Ending Peter Pan  7. Sequels  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Kirsten Stirling teaches in the English department of the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. She is the author of Bella Caledonia: Woman, Nation, Text (2008) and has published articles on Scottish literature and the poetry of John Donne.