The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Margaret Atwood ebook
Page: 224
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
ISBN: 1841957178, 9781841957173
Format: epub

Review: I've taken to loading an audiobook on my ipod I was seriously considering reading this book last year as part of my Read-A-Myth challenge but in the end had too many other books to read. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus pdf free. With The Penelopiad, Atwood does the same in reverse: in dealing with the myth of Odysseus and the fantastic world he, Penelope and the maids inhabit, she makes it seem all very plausible and human. Here, Atwood turns the focus from Odysseus onto Penelope, who from the underworld of Hades tells us about her own life, interspersed with choruses by the 12 maids who were hung to death upon Odysseus's return. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 2005, 199 pages. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood. A Bit of a Ramble The Penelopiad is the first of the Canongate Myths, a series of myths, fables, and folktales rewritten with a spin by contemporary authors. Here is the story of Odysseus and Penelope. 05 for Windows, Clone Master is a utility that will help, you clean your computer and detect duplicate the penelopiad: the myth of penelope and odysseus – ebook on the system. Breaking the silence of Penelope is not the only purpose of Margaret Atwood's play The Penelopiad. Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin. Penelopiad is one book from Canongate's the Myths series, in which ancient myths are rewritten by contemporary authors. Though the myth of The Odyssey has been told and retold countless times, Margaret Atwood takes on the tale in an irreverent and thought-provoking manner by breathing life into Penelope, Odysseus's faithful and patient wife. In The Penelopiad, she focuses on the terrible fate of Penelope's twelve maids, strung up by the neck by Odysseus and his son Telemachus once they have butchered Penelope's 120 suitors who endlessly harassed her in the 20 years of Odysseus' absence. Availibility :Usually ships in 1-2 business days. I liked the subversive After Atwood's The Penelopiad, I'm reading Jeanette Winterson's Weight and Karen Armstrong's A Short History of Myth, another title in the Canongate Myth series. While the story is touted as a retelling of The Odyssey from Penelope's point of view, I find it to be so After all, The Odyssey follows Odysseus who is nowhere near Penelope (geographically speaking), so The Penelopiad adds to the story rather than retells it. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (Myths).