The metamorphoses of myth in fiction since 1960:
"Explores the functions of mythology in contemporary high and popular literature, charting how it reacts with our science-oriented and postmodern culture"--
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| adam_text | CONTENTS Preface viii Prolegomenon: Myth as a Tool in the Artist’s Toolbox l 1 Multiple Selves and Egyptian Mythology Mailer, Burroughs, Reed, Zelazny 2 Mythological Worlds and Death 33 Acker, Gibson, Gaiman, Byatt, Kennedy, Pynchon, Morrow 3 Orpheus and Eurydice: Variations on a Theme 57 Delany, Hospital, Phillips, Hóban, Gaiman, Powers, and others 4 Invented Myth: The Problem of Power 79 Acker, Barthelme, Hóban, Moore, Calvino, and Gaiman 5 Situational Myth: Posthuman Metamorphoses Ш McIntyre, McCaffrey, Simmons, Doctorow, Piercy, Stross, Rucker, Tidhar 6 The Contemporary Functions of Myth as Artistic Tool 129 Pynchon, Arthurian stories, Faber, Pullman, Morrow, Ducornet, Marcus, Atwood, Vonnegut, Naylor, Morrison, Silko, Östergren, Winterson, Grossman, Rucker Conclusion 157 Notes 165 Bibliography 178 Index 188 15
Why do contemporary writers use myths from ancient Greece and Rome, Pharaonic Egypt, the Viking north, Africa’s west coast, and Hebrew and Christian traditions? What do these stories from premodem cultures have to (Љг us? The Metamorphoses ofMyth in Fiction since I960 examines how myth has shaped writings by Kathy Acker, Margaret Atwood, William S. Burroughs, A. S. Byatt, Neil Gaiman, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Jeanette Winterson, and others, and contrasts such canonical texts with fantasy, speculative fiction, post-singularity fiction, pornography, horror, and graphic narratives. These artistic practices produce a feeling of meaning that doesn’t need to be defined in scientific or materialist terms. Working across genres, populations, and critical perspectives, Kathryn Hume elicits an understanding of the current uses of mythology in fiction. KATHRYN HUME is Edwin Erie Sparks Professor Emerita of English at Penn State University, USA.
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CONTENTS Preface viii Prolegomenon: Myth as a Tool in the Artist’s Toolbox l 1 Multiple Selves and Egyptian Mythology Mailer, Burroughs, Reed, Zelazny 2 Mythological Worlds and Death 33 Acker, Gibson, Gaiman, Byatt, Kennedy, Pynchon, Morrow 3 Orpheus and Eurydice: Variations on a Theme 57 Delany, Hospital, Phillips, Hóban, Gaiman, Powers, and others 4 Invented Myth: The Problem of Power 79 Acker, Barthelme, Hóban, Moore, Calvino, and Gaiman 5 Situational Myth: Posthuman Metamorphoses Ш McIntyre, McCaffrey, Simmons, Doctorow, Piercy, Stross, Rucker, Tidhar 6 The Contemporary Functions of Myth as Artistic Tool 129 Pynchon, Arthurian stories, Faber, Pullman, Morrow, Ducornet, Marcus, Atwood, Vonnegut, Naylor, Morrison, Silko, Östergren, Winterson, Grossman, Rucker Conclusion 157 Notes 165 Bibliography 178 Index 188 15
Why do contemporary writers use myths from ancient Greece and Rome, Pharaonic Egypt, the Viking north, Africa’s west coast, and Hebrew and Christian traditions? What do these stories from premodem cultures have to (Љг us? The Metamorphoses ofMyth in Fiction since I960 examines how myth has shaped writings by Kathy Acker, Margaret Atwood, William S. Burroughs, A. S. Byatt, Neil Gaiman, Norman Mailer, Toni Morrison, Thomas Pynchon, Kurt Vonnegut, Jeanette Winterson, and others, and contrasts such canonical texts with fantasy, speculative fiction, post-singularity fiction, pornography, horror, and graphic narratives. These artistic practices produce a feeling of meaning that doesn’t need to be defined in scientific or materialist terms. Working across genres, populations, and critical perspectives, Kathryn Hume elicits an understanding of the current uses of mythology in fiction. KATHRYN HUME is Edwin Erie Sparks Professor Emerita of English at Penn State University, USA. |
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