Celtic myth in contemporary children's fantasy : idealization, identity, ideology /: idealization, identity, ideology. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: D. Dimitra Fimi.
• Authors: Fimi, Dimitra
• Contents: Introduction: "Celticity, " Fantasy, and the Child Readership -- Part 1. Irish Myth. Otherworldly Ireland: Pat O'Shea's The Hounds of the Mórrígan and Kate Thompson's The New Policeman -- Celticity and the Irish Diaspora: Rewriting Finn mac Cumhall and Cúchulain for American Youngsters -- Part 2. Welsh myth. Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain: Building Fantasy upon Forgery -- Welsh Heritage for Teenagers: Alan Garner, Jenny Nimmo, Catherine Fisher -- Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising Sequence and the Arthur of the Welsh -- Conclusion: Celticity and "Celtic" Heritage.
• Publisher Details: London, United Kingdom : Palgrave MacMillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 284 pages)
• Subjects: 809/.89282; Literature; 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; LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature; Children's stories, American; Children's stories, English; Fantasy fiction, American; Fantasy fiction, English; Mythology, Celtic, in literature; Literary Criticism -- General; Literary studies: from c 1900; Literature: history & criticism; Children's literature; Literary Criticism -- Children's Literature; Children's & teenage literature studies; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137552822; 1137552824
• Related ISBNs: 9781137552815; 1137552816
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 10, 2017).
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