Our mythical childhood ... : the classics and literature for children and young adults /
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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Language: English
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Leiden ; Boston :
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[2016]
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Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303867.
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Call Number: PN1009.A1 O97 2016eb
- 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 (1950s-1960s) /
- 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.