Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows

ISBN-13: 9781032105109 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 140 str.

Georgia L. Irby

Opis

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

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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).