"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"--
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.
Recenzijos
Comparative Literature contributes to a sense of being at home in a world that is heterogeneous and fractured, rather than affirming a monolithic canon marked by territory and homogeneity. This is what our editors wrote in the introduction of the 200th jubilee volume Taking Stock Twenty-Five Years of Comparative Literary Research (2019). The past volumes in this series provide a look into the history of Comparative Literary Studies of the last three decades. Having started with classical literary studies, the series opened to contemporary approaches such as migration studies, memory studies, and human-animal studies. Thus, it is ready for its future.
Norbert Bachleitner, Universität Wien, Austria - Juliane Werner, Universität Wien, Austria
Preface
Notes on Contributors
Principia
Piero Boitani
1Irrelevant Bodies The Creation of Woman as a Model of Post-natural
Creation
Silvia Romani
2The Wonder of Creation Robert Holcots Commentary to the Book of Wisdom
Emilia di Rocco
3From Chaos to Light Creation and Re-creation in Michelangelo, Ronsard, and
Shakespeare
Chiara Lombardi
4Shakespeares Demiurge New Origins and Old Tricks in the Tempest
Cristiano Ragni
5Origins, Authorship, and the Sublime between Late Antique Theory and
Renaissance Hexameral Poetry
Irene Montori
6Shelleys Prometheus Unbound and the Origins of Creation Fiery Ęther and
the Examples of Dante and Lucretius
Riccardo Antonangeli
7The Shade of Mr. Kurtz Heart of Darkness as (Modern) Myth
Riccardo Capoferro
8The Myths of Origin in Hegel and Heidegger
Paolo Diego Bubbio
9Following the Songlines Myth and Creation in Bruce Chatwins and Wim
Wenderss Works
Luigi Marfč
10A Monstrous Origin Pavese, Hesiod and the Power of Monsters
Salvatore Renna
11Mythology in Transmedia Storytelling
Francesca Medaglia
12Transparent Words The Multidimensional Myth of Origin of Naturalness
in Ancient Indo-European Languages
Marianna Pozza
13The 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
14The Story that Gave this Land Its Life The Legend of Bon Bibi in Amitav
Ghoshs Sundarbans Trilogy
Elena Spandri
Index
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.
