{"product_id":"peter-pans-shadows-in-the-literary-imagination-9781138849693","title":"Peter Pans Shadows in the Literary Imagination","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a literary analysis of J.M. Barrie's \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e 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 \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e, the critical tendency to seek sources in Barrie's own biography, and the proliferation of prequels and sequels aiming to explain, contextualize, or close off, Barrie's exploration of the imagination. The sources considered include Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson's \u003cem\u003eStarcatchers\u003c\/em\u003e trilogy, Régis Loisel's six-part \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e graphic novel in French (1990-2004), Andrew Birkin's \u003cem\u003eThe Lost Boys\u003c\/em\u003e ser\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This excellent book is an important contribution to the documentation and critical interpretation of a literary myth, text and character that has transcended its authorial and textual origins and, as the author states, 'taken on a life of its own'.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e- Scottish Literary Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Her analysis is compelling... [An] interesting and highly readable text.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e- \u003cem\u003eKayla McKinney Wiggins, Mythlore\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eStirling's bibliography is a model of thorough research and her analysis offers fresh ideas for Peter Pan Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" - \u003cem\u003eChildren's Literature Assocation Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements Abbreviations and References Introduction: The Shadow of Peter Pan 1. Origins and Storytelling 2. Peter and Pantomime 3. Wendy and Peter 4. Before \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e: Loisel 5. Imagining Barrie 6. Ending \u003cem\u003ePeter Pan\u003c\/em\u003e 7. Sequels Bibliography Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019533123927,"sku":"9781138849693","price":45.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138849693.jpg?v=1750780550","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/peter-pans-shadows-in-the-literary-imagination-9781138849693","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}