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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Other Authors: Marciniak, Katarzyna, 1978-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Series: Metaforms 8.
Classical Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303867.

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Call Number: PN1009.A1 O97 2016eb

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 (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.