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'... Monsters from classical myth have been lurking in the gullies of Western literature for a long time – in retellings and adaptations, and acting as symbols and metaphors for aspects of the human experience.'
'They’ve been surfacing recently in fantasy for children and young adults. Imaginary Medusas, realistically drawn Minotaurs, as well as a multitude of many-headed Scyllas, Hydras and Cerberuses: they all appear in Australian children’s and YA fiction. ...'
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'This is an edited version of “Medusas and Minotaurs: Metamorphosis and Meaning in Australian Contexts,” presented at Chasing Mythical Beasts … The Reception of Creatures from Graeco-Roman mythology in Children’s and Young Adults' Culture as a Transformation Marker, hosted by the Centre for Studies on the Classical Tradition in the Faculty of Artes Liberales, University of Warsaw (May 12-15).'
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Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books
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Subjects:
- The Gorgon in the Gully 2010 single work children's fiction
- The Gaze of the Gorgon 2002 single work novel
- Ariadne : The Maiden and the Minotaur 2004 single work novel
- Fire in the Sea 2011 single work novel
- Requiem for a Beast 2007 single work graphic novel
- Cairo Jim 1991 series - author children's fiction
- Hopscotch : Medusa Stone 2009 single work children's fiction
- The Minotaur's Maze 2003 single work children's fiction
- Bring Back Cerberus 2013 single work children's fiction
- The Zoo of Magical and Mythological Creatures 2009 single work children's fiction
- The Hero Trilogy 2011 series - author novel
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