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Auteur(s) : Fimi, Dimitra (1978-....)
Titre(s) : Celtic myth in contemporary children's fantasy [Texte imprimé] : idealization, identity, ideology / Dimitra Fimi
Publication : London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017
Description matérielle : xiii-305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Collection : Critical approaches to children's literature
Lien à la collection : Critical approaches to children's literature (Print)
Comprend : Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children's Fantasy; Note on Spelling and Dating; Acknowledgements;
Contents; List of Figures; 1 Introduction: "Celticity," Fantasy, and the Child Readership;
Fantasy: Tropes, Categories, Structure; Myth, Legend, Folktale, and their Relation
to Fantasy: Reception and Adaptation; The Celts, Celticity, and "Celtic" Myth; Children's
Literature, Celticity, and Ideology; Unravelling Celticity: The Structure of This
Study; Notes; Part I Irish Myth; 2 Otherworldly Ireland: Pat O'Shea's The Hounds of
the Mórrígan and Kate Thompson's The New Policeman
Revisiting the Ancient Irish DeitiesIrish Landscape and Images of Celticity in Tír-na-nÓg;
From Pagan "Gods" to Irish Folklore; Celtic Past and Christian Present ; Redux;
Conclusions; Notes; 3 Celticity and the Irish Diaspora: Rewriting Finn mac Cumhall
and Ćuchulain for American Youngsters; Mary Tannen's The Wizard Children of Finn;
Mary Tannen's The Lost Legend of Finn; Henry Neff's The Tapestry Series; The Hero's
Journeys of Max McDaniels and Ćuchulain; Irish Gods and Goddesses: Weaving a New
Tapestry of Myth; Irishness, Celticity and the Material Culture of The Tapestry; Conclusion;
Notes
Part II Welsh Myth4 Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain: Building Fantasy
upon Forgery; Prydain and Wales; Fantasy Templates: from "Welshifying" The Lord of
the Rings to "Filling the Gaps" of Welsh Tradition; Prydain and the Counterfeit Tradition;
Feisty Girls, Oracular Pigs, Evil Enchantresses, and Triple Goddesses; Conclusions;
Notes; 5 Welsh Heritage for Teenagers: Alan Garner, Jenny Nimmo, Catherine Fisher;
Alan Garner: The Owl Service; Jenny Nimmo: The Magician Trilogy; Catherine Fisher's
Darkhenge; Conclusions; Notes
6 Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence and the Arthur of the WelshThe "Dark
Ages" and a Celto-Roman Arthur; The Arthur of Welsh Legend and Folklore; Wales and
Celticity: "Oldest Hills," Celtic Stereotypes, and Gravesian Interpretations; Conclusions;
Notes; 7 Conclusion: Celticity and "Celtic" Heritage; (Re)Defining the "Celts," "Celtic"
History, and "Celtic" Mythology; The "Celtic" Past as National/Cultural Heritage;
The "Celtic" Character; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
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
Sujet(s) : Littérature américaine pour la jeunesse
Littérature fantastique américaine
Littérature anglaise pour la jeunesse
Littérature fantastique anglaise
Indice(s) Dewey :
843.4 (23e éd.) =
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781137552815. - ISBN 1137552816. - ISBN 9781137552822 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb452893454
Notice n° :
FRBNF45289345
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