ANCIENT EPICS AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - (G.L.) Irby Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows. Pp. x + 140, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. Cased, £44.99, US$59.95. ISBN: 978-1-03-210510-9

Title
ANCIENT EPICS AND CHILDREN'S LITERATURE - (G.L.) Irby Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows. Pp. x + 140, ills. London and New York: Routledge, 2022. Cased, £44.99, US$59.95. ISBN: 978-1-03-210510-9
Publication Date
2023-05-19
Author(s)
Hale, Elizabeth
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4243-5745
Email: ehale@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ehale
Hale, John K
Type of document
Review
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1017/s0009840x23000756
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/73678
Abstract

This volume argues that classical intertexts infuse the riverside Arcadia of Kenneth Grahame's children's classic The Wind in the Willows (1908). Through thematic chapters I. explores the ‘epic echoes’ of works by Homer, Apollonius of Rhodes, Aristophanes, Euripides and more, as they connect with the novel. Close readings of how Grahame draws on epic concepts such as heroism, katabasis, wit, xenia, aristeia and nostos offer insights into the characters and exploits of the novel.

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Citation
The Classical Review, 73(2), p. 703-705
ISSN
1464-3561
0009-840X
Start page
703
End page
705

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