Celtic myth in contemporary children's fantasy : idealization, identity, ideology
- 作者： Fimi, Dimitra, author.
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- Critical approaches to children's literature.
- 出版： London : Palgrave Macmillan UK :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
- 叢書名： Critical approaches to children's literature
- 主題： Children's stories, American--History and criticism. , Children's stories, English--History and criticism. , Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism. , Fantasy fiction, English--History and criticism. , Mythology, Celtic, in literature. , Literature. , Children's Literature. , Contemporary Literature. , Literary History.
- ISBN： 9781137552822 (electronic bk.) 、 9781137552815 (paper)
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- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: 1.Introduction -- Part I. Irish Myth -- 2. Otherworldly Ireland -- 3. Celticity and the Irish Diaspora -- Part II. Welsh Myth -- 4. Lloyd Alexander's 'The Chronicles of Prydain' -- 5. Welsh Heritage for Teenagers -- 6. Susan Cooper and the Arthur of the Welsh -- 7. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
- 摘要註: This book examines the creative uses of "Celtic" myth in contemporary fantasy written for children or young adults from the 1960s to the 2000s. Its scope ranges from classic children's fantasies such as Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain and Alan Garner's The Owl Service, to some of the most recent, award-winning fantasy authors of the last decade, such as Kate Thompson (The New Policeman) and Catherine Fisher (Darkhenge) The book focuses on the ways these fantasy works have appropriated and adapted Irish and Welsh medieval literature in order to highlight different perceptions of "Celticity." The term "Celtic" itself is interrogated in light of recent debates in Celtic studies, in order to explore a fictional representation of a national past that is often romanticized and political.
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- 系統號： 005385154 | 機讀編目格式
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Runner-up of the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 2017 Winner of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth & Fantasy Studies 2019 This book examines the creative uses of “Celtic” myth in contemporary fantasy written for children or young adults from the 1960s to the 2000s. Its scope ranges from classic children’s fantasies such as Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain and Alan Garner’s The Owl Service, to some of the most recent, award-winning fantasy authors of the last decade, such as Kate Thompson (The New Policeman) and Catherine Fisher (Darkhenge). The book focuses on the ways these fantasy works have appropriated and adapted Irish and Welsh medieval literature in order to highlight different perceptions of “Celticity.” The term “Celtic” itself is interrogated in light of recent debates in Celtic studies, in order to explore a fictional representation of a national past that is often romanticized and political.