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Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books
2016
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— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2016;'... 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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Friday Essay: Feminist Medusas and Outback Minotaurs – Why Myth Is Big in Children’s Books
2016
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 June 2016;'... 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. ...'