Classical Myth and Margaret Mahy's Young Adult Fiction

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Title

Classical Myth and Margaret Mahy's Young Adult Fiction

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Victoria University of Wellington

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VUW ResearchArchive

Description

This thesis investigates the importance of classical myth in the young adult fiction of Margaret Mahy. Mahy's novels are full of references to classical myths, both direct and indirect, in names of characters like Dido, Ovid, Ariadne or Hero; in storylines such as Flora's journey to the Underworld-like Viridian to rescue her cousin Anthea, strongly reminiscent of Demeter's rescue of Persephone from Hades, which take their inspiration from classical myth; in seemingly incidental references lik...

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Research paper

Research format

Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2010

Creator

Pohl, Michael

URL

http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/1316

Related subjects

Mythology / New Zealand fiction / Children's literature

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