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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Marciniak, Katarzyna, 1978- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Metaforms ; v. 8.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • What Is a Classic ... for Children and Young Adults? / Katarzyna Marciniak
  • PART 1: In Search of Our Roots: Classical References as a Shaper of Young Readers' Identity
  • 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 Żylińska'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
  • PART 2: The Aesop Complex: The Transformations of Fables in Response to Regional Challenges
  • 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
  • PART 3: Daring the Darkness: Classical Antiquity as a Filter for Critical Experiences
  • 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
  • PART 4: New Hope: Classical References in the Mission of Preparing Children to Strive for a Better Future
  • Greek Mythology in Israeli Children's Literature / Lisa Maurice
  • Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj's Reception of the Myth about Odysseus's Son / Joanna Kloss
  • 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.