Myths of Origins : : Literary and Cultural Patterns / / edited by Emilia Di Rocco and Chiara Lombardi.

• Superior document: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 214
• TeilnehmendeR: Lombardi, Chiara,; Rocco, Emilia Di,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Internationale Forschungen zur Allgemeinen und Vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ; 214; Literature and Cultural Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (315 pages)

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.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Principia -- Piero Boitani -- 1 Irrelevant Bodies The Creation of Woman as a Model of Post-natural Creation -- Silvia Romani -- 2 The Wonder of Creation Robert Holcot’s Commentary to the Book of Wisdom -- Emilia di Rocco -- 3 From Chaos to Light Creation and Re-creation in Michelangelo, Ronsard, and Shakespeare -- Chiara Lombardi -- 4 Shakespeare’s Demiurge New Origins and Old Tricks in the Tempest -- Cristiano Ragni -- 5 Origins, Authorship, and the Sublime between Late Antique Theory and Renaissance Hexameral Poetry -- Irene Montori -- 6 Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound and the Origins of Creation Fiery Æther and the Examples of Dante and Lucretius -- Riccardo Antonangeli -- 7 ‘The Shade of Mr. Kurtz’ Heart of Darkness as (Modern) Myth -- Riccardo Capoferro -- 8 The Myths of Origin in Hegel and Heidegger -- Paolo Diego Bubbio -- 9 Following the Songlines Myth and Creation in Bruce Chatwin’s and Wim Wenders’s Works -- Luigi Marfè -- 10 A Monstrous Origin Pavese, Hesiod and the Power of Monsters -- Salvatore Renna -- 11 Mythology in Transmedia Storytelling -- Francesca Medaglia -- 12 ‘Transparent’ Words The Multidimensional ‘Myth of Origin’ of Naturalness in Ancient Indo-European Languages -- Marianna Pozza -- 13 The 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 -- 14 ‘The Story that Gave this Land Its Life’ The Legend of Bon Bibi in Amitav Ghosh’s Sundarbans Trilogy -- Elena Spandri -- Index.