Re-writing Myth: An Analysis of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad

Myths provide a fertile ground for adaptation and appropriation. The preoccupation of writers with the stories and characters from the margins leads to interesting variations of age-old stories. As a consequence, the familiar stories are re-worked and transformed as an act of subversion. The embe...

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Main Author: Namrata Nistandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bucharest University Press 2021-12-01
Series:University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series
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Online Access:https://ubr.rev.unibuc.ro/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/NamrataNistandra.pdf