Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children's Fantasy: Idealization, Identity, Ideology

by Dimitra Fimi

Runner-up of the Katherine Briggs Folklore Award 2017

Winner of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Myth & Fantasy Studies 2019

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137552816
• ISBN13: 9781137552815
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"