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Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989

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Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989

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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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
288
Release Date:
2016-06-02
Publication Date:
2016-06-02
Publisher:
Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1472579380
ISBN13:
9781472579386
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
442 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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