The Case of "Peter Pan": Or, the Impossibility of Children's Fiction (Language, Discourse, Society)

by Jacqueline Rose

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What is the meaning of Peter Pan - not for J.M. Barrie, but for the thousands who have continued to purchase for children version after version of the story, and who have faithfully attended the productions of the play. What does Peter Pan have to say about modern conceptions of childhood, about how people understand the child's and our own relationship to language, sexuality and death? What can Peter Pan tell people about the theatrical, literary and educational institutions of which it is a part? These are some of the questions this book attempts to answer. Shifting attention away...Read more
  • ISBN10 0333354400
  • ISBN13 9780333354407
  • Publish Date March 1984 (first published 28 February 1984)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 12 May 1994
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 192
  • Language English