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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.
Price: $243.00
Pages: 528
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Publication Date:
17 November 2016
ISBN: 9789004313422
Format: Hardcover
"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
"[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
Katarzyna Marciniak, Ph.D. (2004), is Professor at the Faculty of “Artes Liberales,” University of Warsaw, and Ambassador Scientist of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. She has published monographs and papers both on Cicero and Classical Reception. She is an ERC Consolidator Grant laureate.
Contributors are: Jerzy Axer, Elena Ermolaeva, Valentina Garulli, Agata Grzybowska, Elizabeth Hale, Edith Hall, Owen Hodkinson, Katarzyna Jerzak, Joanna Kłos, Przemysław Kordos, Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Helen Lovatt, Adam Łukaszewicz, Katarzyna Marciniak, Lisa Maurice, Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska, David Movrin, Sheila Murnaghan, Elżbieta Olechowska, Hanna Paulouskaya, Deborah H. Roberts, Ewa Rudnicka, Peter T. Simatei, Wilfried Stroh, Robert A. Sucharski, and Christine Walde.
Contributors are: Jerzy Axer, Elena Ermolaeva, Valentina Garulli, Agata Grzybowska, Elizabeth Hale, Edith Hall, Owen Hodkinson, Katarzyna Jerzak, Joanna Kłos, Przemysław Kordos, Beata Kubiak Ho-Chi, Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer, Helen Lovatt, Adam Łukaszewicz, Katarzyna Marciniak, Lisa Maurice, Barbara Milewska-Waźbińska, David Movrin, Sheila Murnaghan, Elżbieta Olechowska, Hanna Paulouskaya, Deborah H. Roberts, Ewa Rudnicka, Peter T. Simatei, Wilfried Stroh, Robert A. Sucharski, and Christine Walde.