Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy

Idealization, Identity, Ideology

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Children&
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Author: Dimitra Fimi ISBN: 9781137552822
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK Publication: March 6, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Language: English
Author: Dimitra Fimi
ISBN: 9781137552822
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication: March 6, 2017
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: English

Runner-up of the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 2017

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.

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Runner-up of the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 2017

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.

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