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Beschreibung
'To die will be an awfully big adventure.'

Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too did Peter, reappearing in Neverland, where he was aided in his epic battles with Red Indians and pirates by the motherly and resourceful Wendy Darling.

Peter Pan has become a cultural icon and symbol for escapism and innocence, remaining popular with both children and adults.

In this collected edition, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst brings together five of the main versions of the Peter Pan story, from Peter Pan's first appearance in The Little White Bird, to his novelisation of the story, the stage version, and unrealised silent film script.

This edition contains a lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, original illustrations, and appendices that include Barrie's coda to the play that was only performed once.
'To die will be an awfully big adventure.'

Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, is one of the immortals of children's literature. J. M. Barrie first created Peter Pan as a baby, living in secret with the birds and fairies in the middle of London, but as the children for whom he invented the stories grew older, so too did Peter, reappearing in Neverland, where he was aided in his epic battles with Red Indians and pirates by the motherly and resourceful Wendy Darling.

Peter Pan has become a cultural icon and symbol for escapism and innocence, remaining popular with both children and adults.

In this collected edition, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst brings together five of the main versions of the Peter Pan story, from Peter Pan's first appearance in The Little White Bird, to his novelisation of the story, the stage version, and unrealised silent film script.

This edition contains a lively introduction, detailed explanatory notes, original illustrations, and appendices that include Barrie's coda to the play that was only performed once.
Über den Autor
Robert Douglas-Fairhurst is the author of Becoming Dickens (Harvard UP, 2011), winner of the 2011 Duff Cooper Prize, and has edited editions of Dickens's Great Expectations, Henry Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor, and Kingsley's The Water-Babies for Oxford World's Classics. He writes regularly for publications including the Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, TLS, and the New Statesman.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • The Little White Bird
  • Anon: A Play
  • Peter and Wendy
  • Scenario for a Proposed Film of Peter Pan
  • Peter Pan
  • Appendix 1: On the Acting of a Fairy Play
  • Appendix 2: When Wendy Grew Up: An Afterthought
  • Appendix 3: The Blot on Peter Pan
  • Appendix 4: Captain Hook at Eton
  • Notes
Details
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Gattungen & Methoden, Importe
Rubrik: Literaturwissenschaft
Medium: Buch
Reihe: Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780192847430
ISBN-10: 0192847430
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Barrie, J. M.
Redaktion: Douglas-Fairhurst, Robert
Hersteller: Oxford University Press
Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 143 x 222 x 47 mm
Von/Mit: J. M. Barrie
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.10.2022
Gewicht: 0,628 kg
Artikel-ID: 121293131