021) Neverlands and Wonderlands: Children's Literature and Victorian Childhood
 

Why was the figure of the child so significant for Victorians? In our discussions, we will examine childhood in 19th-century Britain, along-side current theoretical understandings of childhood. We will discuss J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, alongside John Logan’s award-winning play, Peter and Alice, in our efforts to interrogate power dynamics between adults and children, concepts of “innocence,” memory, and the passage of time.