{"product_id":"9781137552815","title":"Critical Approaches to Children's Literature: Idealization, Identity, Ideology","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCritical Approaches to Children's Literature: Idealization, Identity, Ideology\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eFimi, Dimitra\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRunner-up of the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 2017\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth \u0026amp; Fantasy Studies 2019\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of Prydain\u003c\/i\u003e and Alan Garner’s \u003ci\u003eThe Owl Service\u003c\/i\u003e, to some of the most recent, award-winning fantasy authors of the last decade, such as Kate Thompson (\u003ci\u003eThe New Policeman\u003c\/i\u003e) and Catherine Fisher (\u003ci\u003eDarkhenge\u003c\/i\u003e). 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-03-10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137552815\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-55282-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 305\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752470409356,"sku":"9781137552815","price":116.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137552815.jpg?v=1775956007","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781137552815","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}