Since Ovid, the concept of metamorphosis has been an irresistible
temptation for writers, not only as a metaphor for shifting
personal identity but as a way of exploring ideas of cultural and
political transition. The essays in this volume show how authors
from Ovid, Chaucer, and Shakespeare to Thomas Mann, Karen Blixen,
and 20th-century science fiction writers, have used this pervasive
concept to raise fundamental questions about the nature and agency
of radical change. Among the broad topics addressed are how shifts
in scientific understanding intersect with and even effect
transformations in literary expression; the differing values
attached to the language of metamorphosis over time; and the
connection between these values and structures of power,
particularly gender relations. In addition to the editors, the
contributors are Darko Suvin, Alessandro Perutelli, Elsa Linguanti,
Douglas Burnham, Enrico Giaccherini, Lia Pacinotti, Michael St
John, Rocco Coronato, Silvia Bruti, Elisabetta Cori, Judith Rorai
Milanesi, Catherine Burgass, Luca Biagiotti, Stefania Magnoni,
Daniel Weavis, Julian North, Ashley Chantler, Martin Halliwell,
Patrick Quinn, Roberta Ferrari, Silvia Bigliazzi, and Nicoletta
Caputo.
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