{"product_id":"epic-echoes-in-the-wind-georgia-l-irby-9781032105109","title":"Epic Echoes in The Wind in the Willows","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores Grahame's engagements with classical antiquity in \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e, including ancient epic, parody (\u003ci\u003eBatrachomyomachia\u003c\/i\u003e), and pastoral imagery. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIrby demonstrates how subtle echoes - such as the structure into 12 books, arming scenes, epic catalogues, \u003ci\u003eanabases\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ekatabases\u003c\/i\u003e, lying tales, Toad's \"cleverness\"--cumulatively suggest a link between \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e and classical literature. This study offers the first sustained treatment of classical allusions in \u003ci\u003eThe Wind in the Willows\u003c\/i\u003e, considering the entire novel, not isolated scenes, building on existing scholarship to yield an interpretation through the lens of classical literature and its reception in Victorian and Edwardian England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume will provide a unique resource for students and scholars of classical reception and literature, as well as comparative literature, English literature, children's literature, gender studies, and Grahame's writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgia L. Irby\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1032105100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781032105109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/06\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d","brand":"Georgia L. Irby","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43982253261055,"sku":"9781032105109","price":64.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e100c704-29fa-4617-bc0f-38b08a94c701.jpg?v=1683260086","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/epic-echoes-in-the-wind-georgia-l-irby-9781032105109","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}