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

The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus


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The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus Margaret Atwood
Publisher: Canongate U.S.




You can find out more about the Canongate Myths series here and here. Told from the perspective of Penelope and twelve of her maids, The Penelopiad recounts what happened to everyone left behind whilst Odysseus was on his many voyages after the Trojan War. But revisionism done well can be entertaining too. Breaking the silence of Penelope is not the only purpose of Margaret Atwood's play The Penelopiad. The Penelopiad is Atwood's retelling of the myth of Odysseus (of The Odyssey) from the perspective of Penelope, Odysseus' wife, who waited at home for him for almost 20 years. I've already reviewed two of these – Ragnarok: The End of the Atwood is also interested in an incident in Homer's version in which, after the suitors have been dispatched, Telemachus, the son of Penelope and Odysseus, hangs twelve salve girls who are said to have consorted with the suitors. Here is the story of Odysseus and Penelope. Thoughts: The good news is that The Penelopiad definitely passed the test of time for me. The Penelopiad The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus (The Myths Series) (9781455839261) Margaret Atwood, Laural Merlington. Was Penelope as loyal and devoted as she made out to be? (Verso soft title page) has all the appearances of being a rather judgemental work. Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing, 2005. As part of Canongate's 'Myths' series, Atwood was commissioned to re-tell a myth, and originally, she wrote, tried to re-write a Viking legend, before realising that she was “haunted” by the fate of the handmaids in the Odyssey, hanged arbitrarily by Telemachus, for having sex She decided that she would write a version of the tale which would address this problem, and tell Penelope's story as she waited and waited for Odysseus to come home from the Trojan War. The Penelopiad (2005) is another in the Canongate Myth Series, in which well-known writers retell a well-known myth. Penelopiad is one book from Canongate's the Myths series, in which ancient myths are rewritten by contemporary authors. Their contributions to Canongate's myth series, and both books are over-clever in parts. The Penelopiad is part of the Canongate Myth series. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood 2005, 199 pages.