The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature : Heroes and Eagles

Lisa Maurice

ISBN 10: 9004298592 / ISBN 13: 9789004298590

Published by Brill Sep 2015, 2015

About this Item

Neuware - Greece and Rome have long featured in books for children and teens, whether through the genres of historical fiction, fantasy, mystery stories or mythological compendiums. These depictions and adaptations of the Ancient World have varied at different times, however, in accordance with changes in societies and cultures. This book investigates the varying receptions and ideological manipulations of the classical world in children's literature. Its subtitle, Heroes and Eagles, reflects the two most common ways in which this reception appears, namely in the forms of the portrayal of the Greek heroic world of classical mythology on the one hand, and of the Roman imperial presence on the other. Both of these are ideologically loaded approaches intended to educate the young reader.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Reception of Ancient Greece and Rome in Children's Literature : Heroes and Eagles
• Publisher: Brill Sep 2015
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9004298592
• ISBN 13: 9789004298590
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 165H x 25D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 165 millimeters height by 25 millimeters depth
• Weight: 680 grams

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Synopsis

Greece and Rome have long featured in books for children and teens, whether through the genres of historical fiction, fantasy, mystery stories or mythological compendiums. These depictions and adaptations of the Ancient World have varied at different times, however, in accordance with changes in societies and cultures. This book investigates the varying receptions and ideological manipulations of the classical world in children’s literature. Its subtitle, Heroes and Eagles, reflects the two most common ways in which this reception appears, namely in the forms of the portrayal of the Greek heroic world of classical mythology on the one hand, and of the Roman imperial presence on the other. Both of these are ideologically loaded approaches intended to educate the young reader.

About the Author

Lisa Maurice, Ph.D (2000) is senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University. She is the author of The Teacher in Ancient Rome: the Magister and His World (Lexington 2013), and has published many articles, both on Roman Comedy and on Classical Reception.

Contributors are: Eran Almagor, Catherine Butler, Elizabeth Hale, Anthony Keen, Katarzyna Marciniak, Lisa Maurice, Mary McMenomy, Geoffrey Miles, Sheila Murnaghan, Joanna Paul, Deborah Roberts, Niall Slater and Barbara Weinlich.