Welcome to this research guide designed to quickly connect Duquesne University researchers to all materials available through the Gumberg Library on Peter Pan, all the literary and theatrical works and films about this character and about J. M. Barrie, his creator.
Reference Works
Information on Peter Pan will be found in these reference works by searching for "J. M. Barrie" rather than "Peter Pan."
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature by 
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance by Click the link below to read the article "Peter Pan Films" from the Greenwoood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales.
Primary Texts with Critical Materials
Secondary Works on Peter Pan
Barrie, Hook, and Peter Pan: Studies in Contemporary Myth by 
The Case of Peter Pan, or the Impossibility of Children's Fiction by 
J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in and Out of Time: A children's Classic at 100 by 
Now or Neverland: Peter Pan and the Myth of Eternal Youth by 
Peter Pan's Shadows in the Literary Imagination by 
Second Star to the Right: Peter Pan in the Popular Imagination by Books on J. M. Barrie
Books on Children's Literature
Click a link below to see all books in DUQSearch, the online catalog, on that subject.
Find Articles
Click a link below to find all citations dealing with "Peter Pan" in selected literary, education, communications, and psychology databases.
There is a concept in Jungian psychology called the puer aeternus ("eternal boy"), of which Peter Pan is an example. Click the link below to see all articles on this concept from the best psychology database.
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