Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989 explores the diverse
ways that contemporary world fiction has engaged with ancient Greek
myth. Whether as a framing device, or a filter, or via resonances
and parallels, Greek myth has proven fruitful for many writers of
fiction since the end of the Cold War. This volume examines the
varied ways that writers from around the world have turned to
classical antiquity to articulate their own contemporary concerns.
Featuring contributions by an international group of scholars from
a number of disciplines, the volume offers a cutting-edge,
interdisciplinary approach to contemporary literature from around
the world. Analysing a range of significant authors and works, not
usually brought together in one place, the book introduces readers
to some less-familiar fiction, while demonstrating the central
place that classical literature can claim in the global literary
curriculum of the third millennium. The modern fiction covered is
as varied as the acclaimed North American television series The
Wire, contemporary Arab fiction, the Japanese novels of Haruki
Murakami and the works of New Zealand's foremost Maori writer, Witi
Ihimaera.
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