Georgia L. Irby

Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores Grahame's engagements with classical antiquity in The Wind in the Willows, including ancient epic, parody (Batrachomyomachia), and pastoral imagery.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000475708
• Artikelnr.: 62486214

Autorenporträt

Georgia L. Irby is a Professor of Classics at William and Mary, USA. Her research interests include the history of Greco-Roman science, mythology, literature, and religion; her recent books include two volumes on water in Antiquity: Conceptions of the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity and Using and Conquering the Watery World in Greco-Roman Antiquity (2021), Companion to Science, Technology and Medicine in the Ancient World (2016), A Little Latin Reader (2017), and A New Latin Primer (2015: both with Mary English).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Kenneth Grahame and the Secret World of the Imagination 2. The Wind in
the Willows and Ancient Epic 3. The Heroic Landscape 4. Polymetis and
Polytropos: Sage Water Rat and "Clever" Toad of Toad Hall 5. Adventure: the
Wine-Dark Sea, Motor Cars, and the Sea Rat 6. Temptation and Oblivion:
Lotus-Eaters and Sirens 7. Kleos and Aristeia: Glory and the Battles for
the Halls 8. Nostos and Dulce Domum 9. Conclusion: the Spirit of Divine
Discontent and Longing