{"product_id":"our-mythical-childhood-the-classics-and-literature-for-children-and-young-adults-9789004313422","title":"Our Mythical Childhood... The Classics and Literature for Children and Young Adults","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume offers a survey of the reception of Classical Antiquity in the literature for youngsters by applying regional perspectives from East-Central and Western Europe, Africa, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, and the United States. The title Our Mythical Childhood hints at the elusive and paradoxical potential of the ancient tradition that is both a fixed base shared by many people worldwide since their early life as well as a body of references constantly being reinterpreted in response to local challenges. The reader is given a deeper insight into the processes shaping children’s and young adults’ identities and their cultural formation. The volume fills an important gap in the scholarship and contributes to the development of Reception Studies in innovative and attractive directions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It [The book] has more than a few critically astute chapters and a number of hidden gems any humanist will appreciate, such as Łukaszewicz’s speculation on Vitalis the Fox as possibly representing Stalin, Maurice’s discussion of the evolving Israeli attitudes toward fantasy, or Hall’s reflections on our deep ambivalence about the nature of the child. Although the collection does not make any grand claims, it invites us to seek the connections we might have overlooked. If you have ever had the pleasure to talk about classical mythology with a young reader, you will appreciate the value of this book and the discussion it fosters.\" - Marek Oziewicz, in: Eos CIV 2017  \"[T]he volume will be a convenient reference work for scholars of children’s and young adult literature (the latter being quite a burgeoning field of study now), and thus its appeal is likely to extend well beyond scholars in the field of Classics proper.\" - Nadya Williams, in: BMCR 2017.06.47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of Figures Notes on Contributors  What Is a Classic… for Children and Young Adults?      Katarzyna Marciniak  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      Wilfried Stroh 2 Childhood Rhetorical Exercises of the Victor of Vienna      Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska 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      Katarzyna Jerzak 4 A Latin Lesson for Bad Boys, or: Kipling’s Tale of the Enchanted Bird      Jerzy Axer 5 Laura Orvieto and the Classical Heritage in Italy before the Second World War      Valentina Garulli 6 Saul Tchernichowsky’s Mythical Childhood: Homeric Allusions in the Idyll “Elka’s Wedding”      Agata Grzybowska 7 Jadwiga Żylińska’s Fabulous Antiquity      Robert A. Sucharski 8 A Child among the Ruins: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Modern Greek Literature for Children      Przemysław Kordos 9 The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Polish Lexicography for Children and Young Adults      Ewa Rudnicka  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 Children      Edith Hall 11 A Gloss on Perspectives for the Study of African Literature versus Greek and Oriental Traditions      Peter T. Simatei 12 Aesop’s Fables in Japanese Literature for Children: Classical Antiquity and Japan      Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi 13 Vitalis the Fox: Remarks on the Early Reading Experience of a Future Historian of Antiquity in Poland (1950s–1960s)      Adam Łukaszewicz 14 Aemulating Aesopus: Slovenian Fables and Fablers between Tradition and Innovation       David Movrin  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 One      Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts 16 Classical Antiquity in Children’s Literature in the Soviet Union      Elena Ermolaeva 17 Katabasis “Down Under” in the Novels of Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee      Elizabeth Hale 18 ‘His Greek Materials’: Philip Pullman’s Use of Classical Mythology       Owen Hodkinson 19 Orpheus and Eurydice: Reception of a Classical Myth in International Children’s Literature       Bettina Kummerling-Meibauer  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       Lisa Maurice 21 Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj’s Reception of the Myth about Odysseus’s Son      Joanna Kłos 22 An Attempt on Theseus by Kir Bulychev: Travelling to Virtual Antiquity      Hanna Paulouskaya 23 Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Its Productive Appropriation: The Example of Harry Potter      Christine Walde 24 J.K. Rowling Exposes the World to Classical Antiquity      Elżbieta Olechowska 25 East, West, and Finding Yourself in Caroline Lawrence’s “Roman Mysteries”      Helen Lovatt 26 Create Your Own Mythology: Youngsters for Youngsters (and Oldsters) in Mythological Fan Fiction      Katarzyna Marciniak Bibliography Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210683081047,"sku":"9789004313422","price":176.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/our-mythical-childhood-the-classics-and-literature-for-children-and-young-adults-9789004313422","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}