The Metamorphoses of Myth in Fiction since 1960
Autor Prof Kathryn Humeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 aug 2021
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781501378249
ISBN-10: 1501378244
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1501378244
Pagini: 208
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Caracteristici
Includes readings of a broad range of contemporary texts, stimulating a conversation that can be applied to other works
Notă biografică
Kathryn Hume is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English Emerita at Penn State University, USA. She is the author of Fantasy and Mimesis (1984), Pynchon's Mythography (1987), Calvino's Fictions (1992), American Dream, American Nightmare (2000), and Aggressive Fictions (2012).
Cuprins
Preface1. Prolegomenon: Myth as a Tool in the Artist's Toolbox2. Multiple Selves and Egyptian Mythology (Mailer, Burroughs, Reed, Zelazny)3. Mythological Worlds and Death (Acker, Gibson, Gaiman, Byatt, Kennedy, Pynchon, Morrow)4. Orpheus and Eurydice: Variations on a Theme (Delany, Hospital, Hoban, Gaiman, Powers, and others)5. Invented Myth: The Problem of Power (Acker, Barthelme, Hoban, Moore, Calvino, Gaiman)6. Situational Myth: Posthuman Metamorphoses (McCaffrey, McIntyre, Simmons, Doctorow, Piercy, Stross, Rucker)7. The Contemporary Functions of Myth as Artistic Tool (Pynchon, Arthurian Stories, Faber, Pullman, Morrow, Ducornet, Marcus, Atwood, Vonnegut, Naylor, Morrison, Silko, Östergren, Winterson, Grossman, Rucker)ConclusionBibliographyNotesIndex
Recenzii
The great strength of this book lies in the remarkable range and general erudition of its author, Kathryn Hume, whose title cleverly intimates her argument: that myth, which so often marshals metamorphosis as its subject matter, can itself undergo transformation. In an era sometimes imagined as having repudiated this most indestructible of storytelling vehicles, Hume demonstrates convincingly that, far from having suffered postmodern eclipse, myth is the contemporary Arethusa who escapes a poststructuralist Alpheus to rise, transformed, where he cannot pursue.
Wide-ranging, wise, and as plainspoken as ever, Kathryn Hume takes us on a brisk tour of myth in contemporary fiction, pointing out some of the landmarks-myths recycled and repurposed, revised and resisted, and invented from scratch. She asks, 'What is myth good for in novels?' and ventures some answers: cultural capital, compensation, reflection on the grandest themes (creation, power, metamorphosis, death), and the thing we most want, the feeling of meaning. Can you think of anyone who could address matters of such weight with more authority? Me neither.
Wide-ranging, wise, and as plainspoken as ever, Kathryn Hume takes us on a brisk tour of myth in contemporary fiction, pointing out some of the landmarks-myths recycled and repurposed, revised and resisted, and invented from scratch. She asks, 'What is myth good for in novels?' and ventures some answers: cultural capital, compensation, reflection on the grandest themes (creation, power, metamorphosis, death), and the thing we most want, the feeling of meaning. Can you think of anyone who could address matters of such weight with more authority? Me neither.