Description
Book SynopsisDebbie Felton is Professor of Classics at the University of Massachussetts, Amherst, USA
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Series Preface List of Abbreviations Introduction: Ancient Analogues for Modern Tales
Debbie Felton 1. Forms of the Marvelous: Prodigies and Wonders in Antiquity
Graham Anderson 2. Adaptations: Transmission, Translation, and Diffusion of Ancient Tales
Emanuele Lelli 3. Gender and Sexuality: Reading Females, Males, and Other in Asian Folktales
Serinity Young 4. Human and Non-Human: The Animal in Greek and Roman Fable
Kenneth Kitchell 5. Monsters and the Monstrous: Ancient Expressions of Cultural Anxiety
Debbie Felton 6. Spaces: Borders, Fringes, and Thresholds in the Ancient Folktale
Julia Doroszewska and Janek Kucharski 7. Socialization: Fairy Tales as Vehicles of Moral Messages
Dominic Ingemark and Camilla Asplund Ingemark 8. Power: Uses and Abuses of Authority in Ancient Tales
Debbie Felton Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
