![]() ![]() Writers use a range of methods to call into question both the cultural dominance of the classics and the power and majesty of the gods themselves. And-Frey.”Īn examination of the fault line between children’s fantasy and the classics reveals a recurring preoccupation with power-both the Greek gods themselves and the classical tradition of which they form part are invested with conspicuous authority. Not Zeus and his crowd-a much better lot. In ‘The Classical Pantheon in Children’s Fantasy Literature’ she examines the place of Greco-Roman mythology in the genre, arguing that children’s literature often reveals both a preoccupation with and an antipathy for the authority of Greek gods.įor example in Hilda Lewis’s Nesbit-inspired time-travel adventure The Ship that Flew (1939) the children would much rather visit Asgard than Olympus. Rogers and Benjamin Eldon Stevens (Oxford: OUP, 2016). Professor Sarah Annes Brown has just published a chapter in Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy, eds Brett M. ![]()
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