Myths of the Underworld in Contemporary Culture: The Backward Gaze

ISBN-13: 9780198767091 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

Judith Fletcher

Opis

Examining a range of contemporary fictional works that adapt Greco-Roman myths of the descent into the underworld, from novels and comics to children's culture, this volume reveals the ways in which the catabasis narrative can be manipulated by storytellers to reflect upon postmodern culture, feminist critiques, and postcolonial appropriations.

Recenzje

As Fletcher acknowledges, the underworld descent is 'a myth that has seemingly infinite possibilities for adaptation'; this absorbing and original study tackles an impressive range of those adaptations. Emma Bridges and Henry Stead, Greece & Rome

O autorze

Judith Fletcher holds a Ph.D. in Ancient Greek from Bryn Mawr College, and is Professor of History and Ancient Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. In addition to numerous articles on Greek poetry and drama, she is the author of Performing Oaths in Classical Greek Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and co-editor (with Alan H. Sommerstein) of Horkos: The Oath in Greek Society (Liverpool University Press, 2007) and (with Bonnie MacLachlan) of Virginity Revisited: Configurations of the Unpossessed Body (University of Toronto Press, 2007).