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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Murnaghan, Sheila, 1951- (Author), Roberts, Deborah H. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
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.