The Future of the Nineteenth-Century Dream-Child: Fantasy, Dystopia, Cyberculture

ISBN-13: 9780367346225 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 180 str.

Amy Billone

Opis

This book investigates the reappearance of the 19^th-century dream-child from the Golden Age of Children’s Literature, both in the Harry Potter series and in other current popular works.

Spis treści

Introduction: "I Open at the Close": In the Wake of Harry Potter  1. "Quicker and Easier than Falling Asleep": Harry Potter, Dreams and Specters from the Past  2. Sentenced to Neverland: Three Contemporary Resurrections of Carroll’s Alice and Barrie’s Peter Pan  3. From Twilight to Fifty Shades Freed: "Childhood is the Kingdom where Nobody Dies"  4. "Keep Your Eyes Open": Dreams, Alertness and Innocence in the 21^st Century  Conclusion: The After-Life of the Dream-Child

O autorze

Amy Billone, Associate Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, specializes in the long nineteenth century and Children’s and Young Adult Literature. Her many publications include Little Songs: Women, Silence, and the Nineteenth-Century Sonnet (2007) and the Introduction and Notes for Peter Pan (Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005).