‘Close as a kiss’: Gyn/Affection in Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood’s novella The Penelopiad (2005) seemingly celebrates Penelope’s agency in opposition to Homer’s myth in The Odyssey. However, the twelve murdered maids steal the book to suggest the possibility of what Janice Raymond calls gyn/affection, a female bonding based on the logic of emotio...

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Published in:	Amaltea: Revista de Mitocrítica
Main Author:	Gerardo Rodríguez Salas
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-06-01
Subjects:	Margaret Atwood Penelopiad Myth Odyssey Female friendship gyn/affection
Online Access:	https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/AMAL/article/view/47697