Second Star to the Right: Peter Pan in the Popular Imagination

by Allison B. Kavey and Lester D. Friedman

Book Overview

Over a century after its first stage performance, Peter Pan has become deeply embedded in Western popular culture, as an enduring part of childhood memories, in every part of popular media, and in commercial enterprises.

Since 2003 the characters from this story have had a highly visible presence in nearly every genre of popular culture: two major films, a literary sequel to the original adventures, a graphic novel featuring a grown-up Wendy Darling,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813544378
• ISBN13: 9780813544373
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"