Our mythical childhood : the classics and literature for children and young adults /
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Our Mythical Childhood ; The Classics and Literature for Children and Young Adults; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; What Is a Classic for Children and Young Adults?; PART 1: In Search of Our Roots: Classical References as a Shaper of Young Readers' Identity; 1: From Aesop to Asterix Latinus: A Survey of Latin Books for Children; 2: Childhood Rhetorical Exercises of the Victor of Vienna; 3: 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
- 4: A Latin Lesson for Bad Boys, or: Kipling's Tale of the Enchanted Bird5: Laura Orvieto and the Classical Heritage in Italy before the Second World War; 6: Saul Tchernichowsky's Mythical Childhood: Homeric Allusions in the Idyll "Elka's Wedding"; 7: Jadwiga Żylińska's Fabulous Antiquity; 8: A Child among the Ruins: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Modern Greek Literature for Children; 9: The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Polish Lexicography for Children and Young Adults; PART 2: The Aesop Complex: The Transformations of Fables in Response to Regional Challenges
- 10: Our Fabled Childhood: Reflections on the Unsuitability of Aesop to Children11: A Gloss on Perspectives for the Study of African Literature versus Greek and Oriental Traditions; 12: Aesop's Fables in Japanese Literature for Children: Classical Antiquity and Japan; 13: Vitalis the Fox: Remarks on the Early Reading Experience of a Future Historian of Antiquity in Poland (1950s-1960s); 14: Aemulating Aesopus: Slovenian Fables and Fablers between Tradition and Innovation; PART 3: Daring the Darkness: Classical Antiquity as a Filter for Critical Experiences
- 15: Armies of Children: War and Peace, Ancient History and Myth in Children's Books after World War One16: Classical Antiquity in Children's Literature in the Soviet Union; 17: Katabasis "Down Under" in the Novels of Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee; 18: 'His Greek Materials': Philip Pullman's Use of Classical Mythology; 19: Orpheus and Eurydice: Reception of a Classical Myth in International Children's Literature; PART 4: New Hope: Classical References in the Mission of Preparing Children to Strive for a Better Future; 20: Greek Mythology in Israeli Children's Literature
- 21: Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj's Reception of the Myth about Odysseus's Son22: An Attempt on Theseus by Kir Bulychev: Travelling to Virtual Antiquity; 23: Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Its Productive Appropriation: The Example of Harry Potter; 24: J.K. Rowling Exposes the World to Classical Antiquity; 25: East, West, and Finding Yourself in Caroline Lawrence's "Roman Mysteries"; 26: Create Your Own Mythology: Youngsters for Youngsters (and Oldsters) in Mythological Fan Fiction; Bibliography; Index