The Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic

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The Aeneid with Rabbits: Children's Fantasy as Modern Epic

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Despite their apparent dissimilarity, children's literature and the epic tradition are often intertwined. This is seen perhaps most clearly in the frequent retelling and repackaging of epics such as Beowulf and the Odyssey as children's books. If there is potential for epic to become children's stories, however, there is also potential for children's stories to become epic, and a number of important works of children's fantasy have been discussed as epics in their own right.  In this thesis, ...

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Research paper

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Scholarly text / Thesis

Thesis level

Doctoral

Date created

2016

Creator

Parry, Hannah

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_Aeneid_with_Rabbits_Children_s_Fantasy_as_Modern_Epic/17...

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British and Irish literature / Fantasy / Epic / Children's literature / School: School of English, Film, Theatre and Media Studies / British and Irish Literature / Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: English Literature / Degree Level: Doctoral / Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy

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