The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature : Heroes and Eagles

The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature: Heroes and Eagles -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Notes on Contributors -- Children, Greece and Rome: Heroes and Eagles -- PART 1: Classics and Ideology in Children's Literat...

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Main Author: Maurice, Lisa (Author)
Document Type: Online Resource Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL , 2015
Edition:1st ed
Series:Metaforms Ser
Online Access:http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/proquest-ebook-central-altertum/ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/bsbfidaltertumswissenschaften/detail.action?docID=4003953
Related Items:Erscheint auch als: The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature : Heroes and Eagles
E-Book Packages:ProQuest Ebook Central : Classical Studies Collection
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Summary:The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature: Heroes and Eagles -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 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 -- 2: 'Time is only a mode of thought, you know': Ancient History, Imagination and Empire in E. Nesbit's Literature for Children -- 3: (De)constructing Arcadia: Polish Struggles with History and Differing Colours of Childhood in the Mirror of Classical Mythology -- PART 2: Ancient Mythology, Modern Authors -- 4: The Metanarrative of Picture Books: 'Reading' Greek Myth for (and to) Children -- 5: Reading the Fiction of Video Games -- 6: From Chiron to Foaly: The Centaur in Classical Mythology and Fantasy Literature -- 7: Classical Memories in C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia -- PART 3: Classical Mythology for Children -- 8: Men into Pigs: Circe's Transformations in Versions of The Odyssey for Children -- 9: Chasing Odysseus in Twenty-First-Century Children's Fiction -- 10: The Metamorphosis of Ovid in Retellings of Myth for Children -- PART 4: Ancient Rome for Children -- 11: The "Grand Tour" as Transformative Experience in Children's Novels about the Roman Invasion -- 12: "Wulf the Briton": Resisting Rome in a 1950s British Boys' Adventure Strip -- 13: Bridging the Gap between Generations: Astérix between Child and Adult, Classical and Modern -- Bibliography -- Index.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (358 pages)
ISBN:9789004298606

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