Childhood and the classics : Britain and America, 1850-1965 /
"The dissemination of classical material to children has long been a major form of popularization with far-reaching effects, although until very recently it has received almost no attention within the growing field of classical reception studies. This volume explores the ways in which children...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Classical presences.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Very capital reading for children: Hawthorne, Kingsley, and the transformation of myth into children's literature
- 2. Classics in their own right: visions and revisions of Hawthorne and Kingsley
- 3. Steeped in Greek mythology: the first half of the twentieth century
- 4. Be a Roman soldier: history, historical fiction, and national identity
- 5. Ancient history for girls
- 6. Ancient prehistory of modern adults
- 7. Pan in the Alps: child and adult in H.D.'s The hedgehog.