{"product_id":"9781350122215","title":"Classical Reception and Children's Literature Greece, Rome and Childhood Transformation","description":"\u003ch3\u003eLibrary of Classical Studies\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eClassical Reception and Children's Literature\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eGreece, Rome and Childhood Transformation\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eOwen Hodkinson | Helen Lovatt\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eHistory \/ Ancient \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eReception studies have transformed the classics. Many more literary and cultural texts are now regarded as 'valid' for classical study. And within this process of widening, children's literature has in its turn emerged as being increasingly important. Books written for children now comprise one of the largest and most prominent bodies of texts to engage with the classical world, with an audience that constantly changes as it grows up. This innovative volume wrestles with that very characteristic of change which is so fundamental to children's literature, showing how significant the classics, as well as classically-inspired fiction and verse, have been in tackling the adolescent challenges posed by metamorphosis. Chapters address such themes as the use made by C S Lewis, in The Horse and his Boy, of Apuleius' The Golden Ass; how Ovidian myth frames the Narnia stories; classical 'nonsense' in Edward Lear; Pan as a powerful symbol of change in children's literature, for instance in The Wind in the Willows; the transformative power of the Orpheus myth; and how works for children have handled the teaching of the classics.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOwen Hodkinson\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Greek and Roman Cultures at the University of Leeds. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAuthority and Tradition in Philostratus' Heroikos\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and of \u003ci\u003eMetafiction in Classical Literature: The Invention of Self-Conscious Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e (2017, forthcoming). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Lovatt\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Nottingham. Her books include \u003ci\u003eStatius and Epic Games: Sport, Politics and Poetics in the Thebaid \u003c\/i\u003e(2005), \u003ci\u003eThe Epic Gaze: Vision, Gender and Narrative in Ancient Epic\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) and \u003ci\u003eIn Search of the Argonauts: The Remarkable History of Jason and the Golden Fleece\u003c\/i\u003e (I.B.Tauris, forthcoming 2018).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e25 July 2019\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350122215\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14.56\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332637229196,"sku":"9781350122215","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_72b02933-84ac-48ee-b93f-c30397e965fe.jpg?v=1783604632","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350122215","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}