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:	eng
Subjects:	1900-1999 Ability Alice books Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Authors Barrie, J. M Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 Barrie, Sir James Matthew Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) Carroll, Lewis (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) (1832-1898) Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 Characters child protagonist Children Childrens literature Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge (Lewis Carroll) dream world Dreams English Literature Fantasy Females gender Gender Stereotypes Harry Potter Books Harry Potter series Literary criticism Males Masculinity Mothers Nineteenth Century novel Peter Pan Pointing Reflection Rowling, J K Sex role in literature Sexual Identity Stereotypes Twentieth Century
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