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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
Page: 224
Publisher: Canongate U.S.
ISBN: 1841957178, 9781841957173
Format: epub

The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus; A volume in Canongate's The Myths-series. 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. A review, and links to other information about and reviews of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. 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: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood. Posted on June 7, 2013 by admin. It is a probing, innovative and beautiful retelling of the myth of Odysseus form the perspective of his wife, Penelope. The Penelopiad is a novel by Margaret Atwood. This includes her 2006 book The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus, a wry retelling of the familiar story of Homer's Odyssey from the perspective of his wife, Penelope. The maids are, in many ways, more of a counterpoint to Penelope's story than the original myth because they tell an alternate tale of life in Ithaca, waiting for Odysseus to come home. Margaret Atwood's “The Penelopiad”. The Penelopiad (2005) is another in the Canongate Myth Series, in which well-known writers retell a well-known myth. The Penelopiad has been on my tbr list for quite some time and I wanted to read it for our Read a Myth challenge. You can find out more about the Canongate Myths series here and here. Atwood's characterisation of both Penelope and Odysseus is consistent with my memory of the myth – both wily, fairly quiet, greatly in love and never forgetting a grudge. 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: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus pdf free. The Penelopiad is Atwood playing around with the character of Penelope, Odysseus' long-suffering wife. Amazing to me, how Margaret Atwood can take the wife of Odysseus straight out of the Greek myths, and by giving her a personality, as well as a voice, remind me of the women in my very favorite book of hers, The Robber Bride. For to me, as much as anything, The Penelopiad is about the wiles of Helen of Troy against the faithfulness of her cousin, Penelope.