Our mythical childhood ... : : the classics and literature for children and young adults / / edited by Katarzyna Marciniak.
This volume offers a survey of the reception of Classical Antiquity in the literature for youngsters by applying regional perspectives from East-Central and Western Europe, Africa, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States. The title Our Mythical Childhood hints at the elusive and pa...
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| Superior document: | Metaforms, Volume 8 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Metaforms ;
Volume 8. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (540 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Katarzyna Marciniak
- What Is a Classic… for Children and Young Adults? / Katarzyna Marciniak
- From Aesop to Asterix Latinus: A Survey of Latin Books for Children / Wilfried Stroh
- Childhood Rhetorical Exercises of the Victor of Vienna / Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska
- The Aftermath of Myth through the Lens of Walter Benjamin: Hermes in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens and in Astrid Lindgren’s Karlson on the Roof / Katarzyna Jerzak
- A Latin Lesson for Bad Boys, or: Kipling’s Tale of the Enchanted Bird / Jerzy Axer
- Laura Orvieto and the Classical Heritage in Italy before the Second World War / Valentina Garulli
- Saul Tchernichowsky’s Mythical Childhood: Homeric Allusions in the Idyll “Elka’s Wedding” / Agata Grzybowska
- Jadwiga Zylinska’s Fabulous Antiquity / Robert A. Sucharski
- A Child among the Ruins: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Modern Greek Literature for Children / Przemysław Kordos
- The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Polish Lexicography for Children and Young Adults / Ewa Rudnicka
- Our Fabled Childhood: Reflections on the Unsuitability of Aesop to Children / Edith Hall
- A Gloss on Perspectives for the Study of African Literature versus Greek and Oriental Traditions / Peter T. Simatei
- Aesop’s Fables in Japanese Literature for Children: Classical Antiquity and Japan / Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi
- Vitalis the Fox: Remarks on the Early Reading Experience of a Future Historian of Antiquity in Poland (1950's–1960's) / Adam Łukaszewicz
- Aemulating Aesopus: Slovenian Fables and Fablers between Tradition and Innovation / David Movrin
- Armies of Children: War and Peace, Ancient History and Myth in Children’s Books after World War One / Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts
- Classical Antiquity in Children’s Literature in the Soviet Union / Elena Ermolaeva
- Katabasis “Down Under” in the Novels of Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee / Elizabeth Hale
- ‘His Greek Materials’: Philip Pullman’s Use of Classical Mythology / Owen Hodkinson
- Orpheus and Eurydice: Reception of a Classical Myth in International Children’s Literature / Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer
- Greek Mythology in Israeli Children’s Literature / Lisa Maurice
- Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj’s Reception of the Myth about Odysseus’s Son / Joanna Kłos
- An Attempt on Theseus by Kir Bulychev: Travelling to Virtual Antiquity / Hanna Paulouskaya
- Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Its Productive Appropriation: The Example of Harry Potter / Christine Walde
- J.K. Rowling Exposes the World to Classical Antiquity / Elżbieta Olechowska
- East, West, and Finding Yourself in Caroline Lawrence’s “Roman Mysteries” / Helen Lovatt
- Create Your Own Mythology: Youngsters for Youngsters (and Oldsters) in Mythological Fan Fiction / Katarzyna Marciniak
- Bibliography / Katarzyna Marciniak
- Index / Katarzyna Marciniak.