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T1 A Psychoanalytic Approach to Louise Glück’s Blended Receptions of the Myths of Narcissus and Persephone in Averno
A1 Kichouh Aiadi, Sanae
A2 Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
K1 Filología Inglesa
AB In recent years, mythological retellings have garnered increasing acclaim. One such example is Louise Glück’s book of poetry Averno (2006), in which she blends the myths of Narcissus and Persephone. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, a narcissus serves as bait when Hades abducts Persephone. However, in Glück’s contemporary rewriting, Persephone seeks to escape her authoritarian mother by embracing Hades, whose perspective is given in “A Myth of Devotion,” but the ultimate outcome is that Persephone is controlled by both her mother and her husband. In the present paper, I shall first address the reception of the myths of Persephone and Narcissus in Glück’s “A Myth of Innocence.” Then, I shall analyse sexuality, trauma and marriage in “A Myth of Innocence” and “A Myth of Devotion” from a psychoanalytic perspective, while also exploring the motifs that occur in Glück’s appropriation of the two myths in question.
SN 2531-1654
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73456
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/73456
LA eng
NO ES Review. Spanish Journal of English Studies; No. 45 (2024) pags. 145-169
DS UVaDOC
RD 24-ene-2025