Celtic Myth in Contemporary Children’s Fantasy

1. Introduction: “Celticity,” Fantasy, and the Child Readership
Dimitra Fimi

Part I. Irish Myth

2. Otherworldly Ireland: Pat O’Shea’s The Hounds of the Mórrígan and Kate Thompson’s The New Policeman
Dimitra Fimi

3. Celticity and the Irish Diaspora: Rewriting Finn mac Cumhall and Cúchulain for American Youngsters
Dimitra Fimi

Part II. Welsh Myth

4. Lloyd Alexander’s The Chronicles of Prydain: Building Fantasy upon Forgery
Dimitra Fimi

5. Welsh Heritage for Teenagers: Alan Garner, Jenny Nimmo, Catherine Fisher
Dimitra Fimi

6. Susan Cooper’s The Dark is Rising Sequence and the Arthur of the Welsh
Dimitra Fimi

7. Conclusion: Celticity and “Celtic” Heritage
Dimitra Fimi

Keywords: Literature, Children's Literature, Contemporary Literature, Literary History