Childhood and the classics : Britain and America, 1850-1965 / Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts.
2018
PN1009.5
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Title
Childhood and the classics : Britain and America, 1850-1965 / Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191747472 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
PN1009.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
820.99282
Summary
The dissemination of classical material to children has long been a major form of popularization with far-reaching effects. This volume explores the reception of classical antiquity in childhood from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries in Britain and the United States, focusing on myth and historical fiction in particular.
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The dissemination of classical material to children has long been a major form of popularization with far-reaching effects. This volume explores the reception of classical antiquity in childhood from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries in Britain and the United States, focusing on myth and historical fiction in particular.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on April 17, 2018).
Added Author
Roberts, Deborah H., author.
Series
Classical presences.
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Print version: 9780199583478
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