Amy Billone

The Future of the Nineteenth-Century Dream-Child

Fantasy, Dystopia, Cyberculture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates the reappearance of the 19th-century dream-child from the Golden Age of Children's Literature, both in the Harry Potter series and in other current popular works. Discussing Harry Potter as a reincarnation of Carroll's Alice and Barrie's Peter Pan, it then examines revisions of the dream-child in texts and films that have inspired mass fandom in the 21st century such as Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey and The Hunger Games. It not only explores how the dream-child has returned to reflect misgivings about imagined dystopian futures but also reveals how the rebirth of the dream-child opens up possibilities for new narratives where happy endings remain viable against all odds.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9781138938915
• ISBN-10: 1138938912
• Artikelnr.: 43673950

Autorenporträt

Amy Billone, Associate Professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, specializes in the long nineteenth century and Children's and Young Adult Literature. Her many publications include Little Songs: Women, Silence, and the Nineteenth-Century Sonnet (2007) and the Introduction and Notes for Peter Pan (Barnes and Noble Classics, 2005).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: "I Open at the Close": In the Wake of Harry Potter 1.
"Quicker and Easier than Falling Asleep": Harry Potter, Dreams and Specters
from the Past 2. Sentenced to Neverland: Three Contemporary Resurrections
of Carroll's Alice and Barrie's Peter Pan 3. From Twilight to Fifty Shades
Freed: "Childhood is the Kingdom where Nobody Dies" 4. "Keep Your Eyes
Open": Dreams, Alertness and Innocence in the 21st Century Conclusion: The
After-Life of the Dream-Child