2026-05-09 13:37 UTC
“Barrie was a wounded creature, from his earliest youth, and his probing of that wound is what makes PETER PAN so enduringly painful to read […] The tensions are bald and excruciating.”
A 🎂 🧵 for JM Barrie (1860–1937) – born #OTD, 9 May
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https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/11/22/lost-boys
#Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #PeterPan
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-05-09 13:38
“Barrie’s book may ostensibly be about the boys’ eternal childhood, but it’s the mother figures who are the scaffolding upon which his story rests.” – Liz Michalski, author of DARLING GIRL, on the mother figures in PETER PAN 2/10 https://lithub.com/empathizing-with-the-mother-figures-of-peter-pan/ #Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #PeterPan #motherhood