Childhood and the Classics: Britain and America, 1850-1965

by Deborah H Roberts, Sheila Murnaghan, Deborah H. Roberts

Book Overview

The dissemination of classical material to children has long been a major form of popularization with far-reaching effects, although until very recently it has received almost no attention within the growing field of classical reception studies. This volume explores the ways in which children encountered the world of ancient Greece and Rome in Britain and the United States over a century-long period beginning in the 1850s, as well as adults' literary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019885921X
• ISBN13: 9780198859215
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"