Orpheus in the Twentieth Century: Never-ending Adaptability of a Myth
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Abstract
Inspired by a passage in a recent novel by Paola Mastrocola, La narice del coniglio, the paper examines the changes underwent in the 20th c. in the Orpheus myth regarding the classical models of Vergil and Ovid, especially in the "respicere" motive.
Keywords
- Orpheus
- Myth
- 20th century
- Variations
- Intertextuality
