Our mythical childhood ... : the classics and literature for children and young adults / edited by Katarzyna Marciniak.

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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 -- From Aesop to Asterix Latinus: A Survey of Latin Books for Children / Wilfried Stroh -- Childhood Rhetorical Exercises of the Victor of Vienna / Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska -- 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 -- A Latin Lesson for Bad Boys, or: Kipling's Tale of the Enchanted Bird / Jerzy Axer -- Laura Orvieto and the Classical Heritage in Italy before the Second World War / Valentina Garulli -- Saul Tchernichowsky's Mythical Childhood: Homeric Allusions in the Idyll "Elka's Wedding" / Agata Grzybowska -- Jadwiga Żylińska's Fabulous Antiquity / Robert A. Sucharski -- A Child among the Ruins: Some Thoughts on Contemporary Modern Greek Literature for Children / Przemysław Kordos -- 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 -- Our Fabled Childhood: Reflections on the Unsuitability of Aesop to Children / Edith Hall -- A Gloss on Perspectives for the Study of African Literature versus Greek and Oriental Traditions / Peter T. Simatei -- Aesop's Fables in Japanese Literature for Children: Classical Antiquity and Japan / Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi -- Vitalis the Fox: Remarks on the Early Reading Experience of a Future Historian of Antiquity in Poland (1950s-1960s) / Adam Łukaszewicz -- 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 -- Armies of Children: War and Peace, Ancient History and Myth in Children's Books after World War One / Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts -- Classical Antiquity in Children's Literature in the Soviet Union / Elena Ermolaeva -- Katabasis "Down Under" in the Novels of Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee / Elizabeth Hale -- 'His Greek Materials': Philip Pullman's Use of Classical Mythology / Owen Hodkinson -- Orpheus and Eurydice: Reception of a Classical Myth in International Children's Literature / Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer -- PART 4: New Hope: Classical References in the Mission of Preparing Children to Strive for a Better Future -- Greek Mythology in Israeli Children's Literature / Lisa Maurice -- Telemachus in Jeans: Adam Bahdaj's Reception of the Myth about Odysseus's Son / Joanna Kloss -- An Attempt on Theseus by Kir Bulychev: Travelling to Virtual Antiquity / Hanna Paulouskaya -- Graeco-Roman Antiquity and Its Productive Appropriation: The Example of Harry Potter / Christine Walde -- J.K. Rowling Exposes the World to Classical Antiquity / Elżbieta Olechowska -- East, West, and Finding Yourself in Caroline Lawrence's "Roman Mysteries" / Helen Lovatt -- Create Your Own Mythology: Youngsters for Youngsters (and Oldsters) in Mythological Fan Fiction / Katarzyna Marciniak.

This 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.

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