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The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame. Typical of his culture and his era, Grahame casts his reminiscences in imagery and metaphor rooted in the culture of Ancient Greece; to the children whose impressions are recorded in the book, the adults in their lives are "Olympians", while the chapter titled "The Argonauts" refers to Perseus, Apollo, Psyche, and similar figures of Greek mythology. Grahame's reminiscences, in The Golden Age and in the later Dream Days were notable for their conception "of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult 'Olympians' who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young" â " a theme later explored by J.M. Barrie and other authors.Grahame and first published in book form in 1895.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781542831178
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 104
  • Udgivet:
  • 29. januar 2017
  • Størrelse:
  • 152x229x6 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 150 g.
  • BLACK WEEK
Leveringstid: 8-11 hverdage
Forventet levering: 9. december 2024

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The Golden Age is a collection of reminiscences of childhood, written by Kenneth Grahame. Typical of his culture and his era, Grahame casts his reminiscences in imagery and metaphor rooted in the culture of Ancient Greece; to the children whose impressions are recorded in the book, the adults in their lives are "Olympians", while the chapter titled "The Argonauts" refers to Perseus, Apollo, Psyche, and similar figures of Greek mythology. Grahame's reminiscences, in The Golden Age and in the later Dream Days were notable for their conception "of a world where children are locked in perpetual warfare with the adult 'Olympians' who have wholly forgotten how it feels to be young" â " a theme later explored by J.M. Barrie and other authors.Grahame and first published in book form in 1895.

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