00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217611882168 Buklod 20151129233258.0 a r |||| u| ta 151129s2013 xx d r |||| u| 9781851242641 (paperback) 1851242643 (paperback) (iLib)UPD-00252006793 NSB DCAL rda eng DMLUC PN 56 M95 M34 2013 Magical tales myth, legend and enchantment in children's books edited by Carolyne Larrington & Diane Purkiss. Oxford Bodleian Library, University of Oxford 2013. xii, 188 pages illustrations (some color) 19 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name. Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-184) and index. Books of magic / Diane Purkiss -- The myths of the north in children's books / Carolyne Larrington -- The magical Middle Ages in children's fantasy literature / David Clark -- Once and future Arthurs: Arthurian literature for children / Anna Caughey -- The magic finger and thumb: early movable books for children / Hannah Field. A faun carrying an umbrella; a hobbit who lives in a hole; a mysterious name, Lyra; an ill-treated schoolboy with a scar and a secret. Children's fantasy books often begin with resonant images. However, they also begin in an author's reading practices. How do children's authors incorporate myths and legends into their work? And how do myths and legends change as a result? In this illustrated collection of essays a team of academic experts trace the magical tales from Norse myth, Arthurian legend and medieval literature which have inspired the finest writers for children, including C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien and Alan Garner. Drawing on collections of manuscripts and rare books in the Bodleian Library, additional chapters put the spotlight on spell books, grimoires and books that do magic, as well as exploring stunning examples of pop-up books, harlequinades and concertina panoramas from the Opie Collection of Children's Literature. Other writers under discussion include children's authors of the Victorian era, such as George MacDonald, Rudyard Kipling and E. Nesbit, and twentieth-century writers Susan Cooper, Diana Wynne Jones and Philip Pullman.Through wide-ranging analysis these essays show how literature and tales from the Middle Ages and earlier still have been reinterpreted for each generation and continue to have a profound impact on writers of fantasy books for children today. Children's literature Exhibitions. Mythology in literature Exhibitions. Legends in literature Exhibitions. Magic in literature Exhibitions. Arthurian romances Influence Exhibitions. Larrington, Carolyne. editor. Purkiss, Diane 1961- editor. FO UPD DCAL PN 56 M95 M34 2013 Book