‘Close as a kiss’: Gyn/Affection in Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad

‘Close as a kiss’: Gyn/Affection in Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad

<p>Margaret Atwood’s novella <em>The Penelopiad</em> (2005) seemingly celebrates Penelope’s agency in opposition to Homer’s myth in The <em>Odyssey</em>. However, the twelve murdered maids steal the book to suggest the possibility of what Janice Raymond calls <em>...

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Main Author: Gerardo Rodríguez Salas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-09-01
Series:Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica
Subjects:
Margaret Atwood
Penelopiad
Myth
Odyssey
Female friendship
gyn/affection
hetero-reality
Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/AMAL/article/view/47697

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