2026-05-09 13:38 UTC
“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
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https://lithub.com/empathizing-with-the-mother-figures-of-peter-pan/
#Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #PeterPan #motherhood
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@scotlit@mastodon.scot 2026-05-09 13:39
“To be born is to be wrecked on an island.” From the true-life adventure of Alexander Selkirk, through Daniel Defoe, RM Ballantyne, & Robert Louis Stevenson, John Pielmeier – author of HOOK’S TALE – follows a chain of real & fictional islands to JM Barrie’s Neverland… 3/10 https://lithub.com/visiting-the-actual-island-that-inspired-neverland/ #Scottish #literature #JMBarrie #kidlit #ChildrensLiterature #PeterPan #RobertLouisStevenson #DanielDefoe #RobinsonCrusoe