This thesis looks at how adolescence is symbolised by children's journeys to exotic Fairylands. This is a place where they learn to integrate their emotional side (id/unconsious) with their moral...Show moreThis thesis looks at how adolescence is symbolised by children's journeys to exotic Fairylands. This is a place where they learn to integrate their emotional side (id/unconsious) with their moral/conscious side (superego/ego/persona). The integration of these elements signifies maturity. The thesis takes Bruno Bettelheim's Freudian analysis of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale 'Brother and Sister' as a 'base structure' and looks at how this structure is applicable to three books from the early twentieth century: Nesbit's "Phoenix and the Carpet", J.M. Barrie's "Peter and Wendy" and Hope Mirrlees's "Lud-in-the-Mist".Show less
