Peter Pan/Wordsworth- Romantic ideology:childhood:

Succinct view of childhood ideologies, the child's novel in Victorian/Edwardian period. Wordsworthian ideals, Rousseaun influences etc. How the adult or writer eg. J M BARRIE explored the 'Golden Age of Childhood' in Edenic worlds.Looks at the changing face of Peter Pan book covers to suit each young audience through time. Childhood as a mythological concept.Explores characters, theme and underlying meanings of 'Peter Pan' from various literary points of view. References to contemporary literary critics. Children came to be seen as ideals of innocence in contrast to sinful beings.