MA
published one of the two opening titles in Canongate
's Myths series, a feminist retelling of Homer
's Odyssey entitled The Penelopiad, The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus.
“Start the Week”. BBC Radio 4.
Textual Production
Margaret Atwood
Atwood says she first read the Odyssey at about fifteen and was unpleasantly struck by the fact that Odysseus, after his triumphal homecoming and reunion with his faithful wife, kills not only the suitors whom...