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

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

Originally written as a novella by Atwood and then adapted for the stage The verbal digs between her and her cousin, Helen of Troy, brought a human face to both these two heroines of mythology. The Penelopiad is part of the first set of books in the Canongate Myth Series where contemporary authors rewrite ancient myths (other authors who wrote as part of this series include A.S. Penelope narrates her story from Hades, where she and her contemporaries are spending eternity, with the occasional visit I loved how Atwood not only took a classic myth, framed it through the eyes of Penelope, but then offered the an additional academic interpretation of the story's meaning. Melbourne, Australia: Text Publishing, 2005. The Penelopiad is an exquisitely narrated re-imagining of Homer's Odyssey, from the perspective of Penelope, faithful wife of Odysseus, who waited twenty years for him to return from fighting the Trojan War. Atwood, Margaret: The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus. (Verso soft title page) has all the appearances of being a rather judgemental work. Byatt, Chinua Achebe, and Donna Tartt along Other characters make their appearance as Penelope strolls around the afterlife – including Helen of Troy (Penelope's beautiful and spoiled cousin), Eurycleia (the nanny when Odysseus was a boy), and one of the murdered suitors. The Penelopiad is the retelling of the myth of Penelope and Odysseus, with Penelope as our narrator. The Penelopiad Margaret Atwood The Penelopiad is Margaret Atwood's reconsideration of Homer's classic The Odyssey from the point of view of Penelope, Odysseus's wife. 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. The Penelopiad is Atwood's re-telling of Homer's The Odyssey from the perspective of his loyal wife Penelope. Doesn't quite sound like the good ol' Homeric epic we all read and loved, does it? A female Odysseus, a pleasant Penelope, and feminist maids. This is the fourth book in the Canongate Myths Series that I've read, and incidentally, my first Margaret Atwood. The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood. The Penelopiad (2005) is another in the Canongate Myth Series, in which well-known writers retell a well-known myth.