LEADER 03123nam 22005895 450 001 9910255066803321 005 20251030103912.0 010 $a9781137552822 010 $a1137552824 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-55282-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000001094827 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-55282-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4818782 035 $a(Perlego)3507112 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001094827 100 $a20170306d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCeltic Myth in Contemporary Children?s Fantasy $eIdealization, Identity, Ideology /$fby Dimitra Fimi 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (XIII, 305 p. 11 illus.) 225 1 $aCritical Approaches to Children's Literature,$x2753-0833 311 08$a9781137552815 311 08$a1137552816 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1.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. 330 $aThis book examines the creative uses of ?Celtic? myth in contemporary fantasy written for children or young adults from the 1960s to the 2000s. Its scope ranges from classic children?s fantasies such as Lloyd Alexander?s The Chronicles of Prydain and Alan Garner?s The Owl Service, to some of the most recent, award-winning fantasy authors of the last decade, such as Kate Thompson (The New Policeman) and Catherine Fisher (Darkhenge). The book focuses on the ways these fantasy works have appropriated and adapted Irish and Welsh medieval literature in order to highlight different perceptions of ?Celticity.? The term ?Celtic? itself is interrogated in light of recent debates in Celtic studies, in order to explore a fictional representation of a national past that is often romanticized and political. 410 0$aCritical Approaches to Children's Literature,$x2753-0833 606 $aChildren's literature 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y20th century 606 $aLiterature, Modern$y21st century 606 $aLiterature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren's Literature 606 $aContemporary Literature 606 $aLiterary History 615 0$aChildren's literature. 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aLiterature, Modern 615 0$aLiterature$xHistory and criticism. 615 14$aChildren's Literature. 615 24$aContemporary Literature. 615 24$aLiterary History. 676 $a809.89282 700 $aFimi$b Dimitra$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0975288 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255066803321 996 $aCeltic Myth in Contemporary Children?s Fantasy$92220941 997 $aUNINA