Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction Since 1989 Contributor(s): McConnell, Justine (Editor), Hall, Edith (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1472579380 ISBN-13: 9781472579386 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $42.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Criticism | Comparative Literature - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology |
Dewey: 809.304 |
LCCN: 2016016462 |
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.90 lbs) 288 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989 explores the diverse ways that contemporary world fiction has engaged with ancient Greek myth. Whether as a framing device, or a filter, or via resonances and parallels, Greek myth has proven fruitful for many writers of fiction since the end of the Cold War. This volume examines the varied ways that writers from around the world have turned to classical antiquity to articulate their own contemporary concerns. Featuring contributions by an international group of scholars from a number of disciplines, the volume offers a cutting-edge, interdisciplinary approach to contemporary literature from around the world. Analysing a range of significant authors and works, not usually brought together in one place, the book introduces readers to some less-familiar fiction, while demonstrating the central place that classical literature can claim in the global literary curriculum of the third millennium. The modern fiction covered is as varied as the acclaimed North American television series The Wire, contemporary Arab fiction, the Japanese novels of Haruki Murakami and the works of New Zealand's foremost Maori writer, Witi Ihimaera. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hall, Edith: - Edith Hall is Research Professor at Royal Holloway University of London, UK. |