| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1841957178 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781841957173 |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)62145982 |
| 082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
Atw |
| Item number |
2 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
Atw |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Atwood, Margaret |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Penelopiad |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Margaret Atwood. |
| Remainder of title |
The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
The Penelopiad |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st American ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Canongate, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2005. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xv, 199 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
21 cm. |
| Other physical details |
Hardback |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Part of: Faber Drama |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Homer's Odyssey is not the only version of the story. Mythic material was originally oral, and also local -- a myth would be told one way in one place and quite differently in another. I have drawn on material other than the Odyssey, especially for the details of Penelope's parentage, her early life and marriage, and the scandalous rumors circulating about her. I've chosen to give the telling of the story to Penelope and to the twelve hanged maids. The maids form a chanting and singing Chorus, which focuses on two questions that must pose themselves after any close reading of the Odyssey: What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to? The story as told in the Odyssey doesn't hold water: there are too many inconsistencies. I've always been haunted by the hanged maids and, in The Penelopiad, so is Penelope herself. The author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Blind Assassin presents a cycle of stories about Penelope, wife of Odysseus, through the eyes of the twelve maids hanged for disloyalty to Odysseus in his absence. |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) |
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| Local note |
93271 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Penelope (Greek mythology) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Odysseus (Greek mythology) |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Folklore |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
Fiction |
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