Myths of Origins

Literary and Cultural Patterns

Emilia Di Rocco, Chiara Lombardi (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

314 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-69196-4 (ISBN)

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The articles in Myths of Origins provide insights into the universality of myths of origin as patterns of literary creation from Antiquity to the present by adopting a multidisciplinary approach.

The articles in Myths of Origins provide insights into the universality of myths of origins as patterns of literary creation from Antiquity to the present. The essays range from an investigation of the six models of beginnings in Western literature to the workings of modern myths of origins in postcolonial literature and relocate the discussion on myths of origin in a wider context that besides the humanities considers linguistics and the impact of new technologies.

The contributing authors to the volume shed light on issues relating to myths of origins by linking this subject to literary creation and adopting a multidisciplinary approach.

Emilia Di Rocco teaches Comparative Literature at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. She has published books and many articles on the rewritings of myth in modernity, including Raccontare il ritorno. Temi e trame della letteratura (il Mulino, 2017). Chiara Lombardi is Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Torino. She has published monographs, translations and many articles on the reception of the Classics from Renaissance to Contemporary Age.

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Principia

Piero Boitani

1 Irrelevant Bodies The Creation of Woman as a Model of Post-natural Creation

Silvia Romani

2 The Wonder of Creation Robert Holcot’s Commentary to the Book of Wisdom

Emilia di Rocco

3 From Chaos to Light Creation and Re-creation in Michelangelo, Ronsard, and Shakespeare

Chiara Lombardi

4 Shakespeare’s Demiurge New Origins and Old Tricks in the Tempest

Cristiano Ragni

5 Origins, Authorship, and the Sublime between Late Antique Theory and Renaissance Hexameral Poetry

Irene Montori

6 Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound and the Origins of Creation Fiery Æther and the Examples of Dante and Lucretius

Riccardo Antonangeli

7 ‘The Shade of Mr. Kurtz’ Heart of Darkness as (Modern) Myth

Riccardo Capoferro

8 The Myths of Origin in Hegel and Heidegger

Paolo Diego Bubbio

9 Following the Songlines Myth and Creation in Bruce Chatwin’s and Wim Wenders’s Works

Luigi Marfè

10 A Monstrous Origin Pavese, Hesiod and the Power of Monsters

Salvatore Renna

11 Mythology in Transmedia Storytelling

Francesca Medaglia

12 ‘Transparent’ Words The Multidimensional ‘Myth of Origin’ of Naturalness in Ancient Indo-European Languages

Marianna Pozza

13 The Cave and the Mirage Mythologies of the Origin of the World and Cinema in Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Fata Morgana by Werner Herzog

Mirko Lino

14 ‘The Story that Gave this Land Its Life’ The Legend of Bon Bibi in Amitav Ghosh’s Sundarbans Trilogy

Elena Spandri

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	29.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 214
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	650 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	90-04-69196-0 / 9004691960
ISBN-13	978-90-04-69196-4 / 9789004691964
Zustand	Neuware