Apocalypse Now? Kate Atkinson Reads Ovid’s Metamorphoses

Kate Atkinson’s short story collection, Not the End of the World (2002), has typically puzzled reviewers, unsure of its goals and hesitant about its success. This essay offers an alternative, by reading the collection through the lens of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Atkinson clearly signals her debt to Ovi...

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Published in:Dictynna
Main Author: Barbara Weiden Boyd
Format: Article
Language:German
Published: Université Lille-3 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/3873