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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lisa MauricePublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 6 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9789004298590ISBN 10: 9004298592 Pages: 346 Publication Date: 17 September 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Figures Notes on Contributors Children, Greece and Rome: Heroes and Eagles Part 1 - Classics and Ideology in Children's Literature 1 Classics, Children's Literature, and the Character of Childhood, from Tom Brown's Schooldays to The Enchanted Castle Elizabeth Hale 2 `Time is only a mode of thought, you know': Ancient History, Imagination and Empire in E. Nesbit's Literature for Children Joanna Paul 3 (De)constructing Arcadia: Polish Struggles with History and Differing Colours of Childhood in the Mirror of Classical Mythology Katarzyna Marciniak Part 2 - Ancient Mythology, Modern Authors 4 The Metanarrative of Picture Books: `Reading' Greek Myth for (and to) Children Barbara Weinlich 5 Reading the Fiction of Video Games Mary McMenomy 6 From Chiron to Foaly: The Centaur in Classical Mythology and Fantasy Literature Lisa Maurice 7 Classical Memories in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia Niall W. Slater Part 3 - Classical Mythology for Children 8 Men into Pigs: Circe's Transformations in Versions of The Odyssey for Children Sheila Murnaghan 9 Chasing Odysseus in Twenty-First Century Children's Fiction Geoffrey Miles 10 The Metamorphosis of Ovid in Retellings of Myth for Children Deborah H. Roberts Part 4 - Ancient Rome for Children 11 The Grand Tour as Transformative Experience in Children's Novels about the Roman Invasion Catherine Butler 12 Wulf the Briton : Resisting Rome in a 1950s British Boys' Adventure Strip Antony Keen 13 Bridging the Gap between Generations: Asterix between Child and Adult, Classical and Modern Eran Almagor Bibliography IndexReviewsAs a whole, The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature: Heroes and Eagles is a useful contribution to classical reception studies and an excellent piece of work. (...) This is an exciting area of study and the field is in desperate need of more of it to produce truly revolutionary scholarship. More books, more conferences, and more edited volumes like this one. Krishni Burns, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2016.05.26. Author InformationLisa Maurice, Ph.D (2000) is senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. She is the author of The Teacher in Ancient Rome: the Magister and His World (Lexington 2013), and has published many articles, both on Roman Comedy and on Classical Reception. Contributors are: Eran Almagor, Catherine Butler, Elizabeth Hale, Anthony Keen, Katarzyna Marciniak, Lisa Maurice, Mary McMenomy, Geoffrey Miles, Sheila Murnaghan, Joanna Paul, Deborah Roberts, Niall Slater and Barbara Weinlich. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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