Second Star to the Right

Allison B. Kavey is an assistant professor in the history department at CUNY John Jay College. She is the author of Worlds of Secrets: Books of Secrets and Popular Natural Philosophy in England, 1550-1600.Lester D. Friedman is the Senior Scholar-in-Residence in the Media and Society Program at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. He is the editor of American Cinema of the 1970s: Themes and Variations and the coeditor of the Screen Decades Series (both Rutgers University Press).

• Introduction: From peanut butter to the silver screen / Allison B. KaveyTinker Bell, the fairy of electricity / Murray Pomerance"To die will be an awfully big adventure": Peter Pan in Word War I / Linda Robertson"I do believe in fairies, I do, I do": the history and epistemology of Peter Pan / Allison B. Kavey"Shadow of [a] girl": an examination of Peter Pan in performance / Patrick B. TuitePeter Pan and the possibilities of child literature / Martha Stoddard HolmesDisney's Peter Pan: gender, fantasy, and industrial production / Susan OhmerHooked on Pan: Barrie's immortal pirate in fiction and film / Lester D. Friedman"Gay, innocent, and heartless": Peter Pan and the queering of popular culture / David P.D. MunnsPeter and me (or how I learned to fly): network television broadcasts of Peter Pan / Theresa Jones

Whether a Victorian, Edwardian, or twenty-first-century postmodern, earthbound adults of all ages will find Second Star to the Right an engaging and illuminating collection. - Thomas Doherty (Brandeis University) "This fresh and original collection of essays offers a deeper understanding of Peter Pan as an icon and cultural phenomenon."IDENTIFY BY AFFILIATION (SEE BELOW) OR BY PUBLICATION--EDITOR OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - Jack Zipes (University of Minnesota) Perhaps responding to the modern phenomenon known as Peter Pan syndrome, Kavey and Friedman collect nine excellent essays that explore the social and artistic impacts of J.M. Barrie's classic tale over the past century. Recommended. (Choice)