The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction

Poetics Today· 1985-01-01· article· 384 citationsclosed

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Abstract

The return of Peter Pan Peter Pan and Freud - who is talking and to whom?, Rousseau and Alan Garner - innocence of the child and of the word Peter Pan and literature for the child - confusion of tongues Peter Pan and commercialization of the child - children are a good sell Peter Pan, language and the state - Captain Hook goes to Eton.

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Mieke Bal, Jacqueline Rose (1985). The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction. Poetics Today. https://doi.org/10.2307/1772143

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  title  = {The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction},
  author = {Bal, Mieke and Rose, Jacqueline},
  year   = {1985},
  journal = {Poetics Today},
  doi    = {10.2307/1772143}
}

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