Classical Reception and the Rewriting Turn in Contemporary Women's Fiction
Información General
- Autores: Rosario Moreno Soldevila (ed. lit.), Daniel Nisa Cáceres (ed. lit.)
- Editores: Enredars
- Año de publicación: 2025
- País: España
- Idioma: inglés
- ISBN: 979-12-5977-530-6, 978-84-09-78187-4
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Resumen
Classical Reception and the Rewriting Turn in Contemporary Women’s Fiction gathers diverse scholarly contributions to the field of classical reception studies, particularly focusing on the revitalisation and reimagining of mythological narratives in contemporary fiction by Anglophone women writers, including Margaret Atwood, Pat Barker, Victoria Grossack and Alice Underwood, Natalie Haynes, Emily Hauser, Rosie Hewlett and Madeline Miller. These authors engage with ancient myths not as fixed narratives or sources of inspiration, but as dynamic texts that reflect and shape the evolving concerns of modern feminist thought. By reimagining figures such as Clytemnestra, Andromache, Medusa and Penelope, these writers craft new spaces for female subjectivity, relational dynamics, sorority, agency and resistance, contributing to an ongoing reconfiguration of gendered identities and societal values. The works explored in this volume are not mere literary revisions; they represent acts of reclamation, offering nuanced readings of myth that speak to the pressing issues of our time—gender inequality, sexual violence and war, ecological justice and the power of storytelling itself. The volume opens with a theoretical introduction defining and contextualising this movement as the rewriting turn, the last chapter proper being with a study of female-authored retellings in the Spanish literary polysystem that invites scholars and readers into a global dialogue about the role of women writers in mythmaking. The book is rounded off by an interview with Emily Hauser—writer and classical scholar. Together, the chapters in this volume highlight the transformative—even regenerative—power of classical reception in contemporary women’s writing.
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Listado de artículos
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págs. 7-28
Eco-Refiguration, Vengeance and Feminine Sovereignty: Victoria Grossack and Alice Underwood’s 'Clytemnestra: The Mother’s Blade'
págs. 29-48
Female Survival in the Trojan Aftermath: Andromache in the Fiction of Pat Barker and Natalie Haynes
págs. 49-62
The Monster’s Gaze Disrupting the Male Gaze: Trauma, Gender and Feminist Mythmaking in Rosie Hewlett’s 'Medusa'
págs. 63-82
Autodiegesis and Relationality: Tracing Penelope in Margaret Atwood, Madeline Miller and Natalie Haynes
págs. 83-100
Women-Authored Retellings of the Classical Tradition: A Critical Survey of Scholarship and the Literary Polysystem in Spain
págs. 101-130
Breaking Boundaries, Broadening Horizons: An Interview with Emily Hauser on the Reception of Classics
págs. 131-140
