The Boy Who Lived: From Carroll's Alice and Barrie's Peter Pan to Rowling's Harry Potter

Billone explores the concept of a dreamchild in children's literature, explicitly pointing to the five types of dreams that appear in the Harry Potter series. She asks, in the light of Alice's need to reject fantasy in order to grow up and Peter's ability to reject growing up in favor...

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Published in:Children's literature (Storrs, Conn.) Conn.), 2004, Vol.32 (1), p.178-202
Main Author: Billone, Amy Christine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ability
Barrie, J M (James Matthew) (1860-1937)
Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898)
Childrens literature
Dreams
Fantasy
Females
Literary criticism
Males
Masculinity
Pointing
Resistance (Psychology)
Rowling, J K
Stereotypes
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