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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Peter Pan"”.

  1. From Peter Pan to Hannibal Lecter : The various faces of masculinity in popular cinema.

    Gregory, Dianne.Sheffield Hallam University (United Kingdom).1997

    The object of this enquiry is to investigate how mass appeal within a popular media is possible given the cultural diversity of modem society. My hypothesis is that as well as differences between ethnographic groups there is probably similarities. As patriarchy is an aspect of our culture that …

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  2. Second star on the right and straight on 'til morning: The reception of J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan

    Goodwin, BeccaTexas Woman's University2016

    … reception of J.M. Barrie’s most famous story: Peter Pan. There are three distinct mediums for the story, theater, fiction, and film, and I unveil the successes and failures of each category. My research centers on the theories produced by Hans Robert Jauss and Hans-Georg Gadamer. I utilize …

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  3. Realisation and exploitation of the prototypical fairy-tale structure in "Peter Pan", "The wind of the willows" and "Winnie-the-Pooh"

    Koksharova, Irina2004

    tartu

  4. Myths Of The House Theatre Of Chicago (2002-2007): A Dramaturgical Study Of Chicago's "next Big Thing"

    Foss, Matthew2013

    … The House's first play, The Terrible Tragedy of Peter Pan was a critical and financial hit for the young company. Peter Pan began a five-year period of nearly unprecedented success for The House. During this time, many discussions about The House dealt with a perceived mythical quality to the …

    wayne-thes Repository record

  5. Adolescent Transformation In the Short Stories of Carson McCullers

    Woods, Ashley-Ann Dorn

    … The narrator in "Like That" struggles with her Peter-Pan complex as she witnesses her sister go through an adolescent romance. She despises - and fears - the changes that adolescence and adulthood bring to her life and her family. "The Haunted Boy" explores the struggles of Hugh as he deals with …

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  6. The power of belief: Innocents and innocence in children's fantasy fiction

    Atkinson, Haley Elizabeth2013

    … of childhood as found in J.M. Barrie’s <em>Peter Pan and Wendy</em>, J.K. Rowling’s <em>Harry Potter</em> series, Philip Pullman’s <em>His Dark Materials</em>, Lewis Carroll’s <em>Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland</em> and <em>Through the Looking-Glass</em>, and L. Frank Baum’s <em>The …

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  7. The Girls Who Had to Grow Up: Reflections on Motherhood and Dual Identity in Lewis Carroll's Wonderland and J.M. Barrie's Neverland

    Fitzpatrick, Theresa

    … Adventures in Wonderland and J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan and its connection to the world of the "mundane" experienced by the typical Victorian housewife and mother. Both are intimately connected within the texts, primarily in the characters' dual roles as dictated by the gendered expectations of …

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  8. Spectres of Childhood: Spectrality and Hauntology in Children’s Literature

    Pryce, StellaUniversity of Cambridge2023

    … literature. The extended introduction utilises *Peter Pan* as a case through which to review the literature that connects so-called ‘spectralities’ and childhood. Chapters 1 and 2 focus on the theoretical and literary connections between: childhood, memory, nostalgia and generationality. Chapter …

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