To boldly go: Futuristic retellings of ancient Welsh myths
dc.contributor.author | Steinke, Gabriela | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-07T15:00:51Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-07T15:00:51Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-03-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Steinke, G. (2017). To Boldly Go: Futuristic Retellings of Ancient Welsh Myths. Lisbon: University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2183-7465 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/620447 | |
dc.description | This is an accepted manuscript of an article published by University of Lisbon in Messengers from the Stars on 01/03/2017, available online: http://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/journal/archives/article/to-boldly-go-futuristic-retellings-of-ancient-welsh-myths The accepted version of the publication may differ from the final published version. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Myths have been retold and rewritten for centuries, indeed the longevity of myths is often attributed to their inherent reshapeability. Not until the 20th century, however, were myths frequently rewritten in a future setting rather than a past one. When, in the 21st century, the publisher Seren Books invited authors to retell the Welsh myths collected in The Mabinogion, some (Horatio Clare, Russell Celyn Jones, Gwyneth Lewis) chose to set their new versions in the future, although all three took a different approach. This essay proposes to investigate what happens to these myths in a process that goes beyond modernising or updating and that aims to examine present day concerns by imagining possible futures refracted through the prism of ancient tales. | |
dc.format | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | University of Lisbon Centre for English Studies (ULICES) | |
dc.relation.url | http://messengersfromthestars.letras.ulisboa.pt/journal/archives/article/to-boldly-go-futuristic-retellings-of-ancient-welsh-myths | |
dc.subject | myth | |
dc.subject | retelling | |
dc.subject | science fiction | |
dc.title | To boldly go: Futuristic retellings of ancient Welsh myths | |
dc.type | Conference contribution | |
dc.conference.name | Messengers from the Stars: Volume II | |
pubs.finish-date | 2012-11-30 | |
pubs.place-of-publication | Lisbon, Portugal | |
pubs.start-date | 2012-11-28 | |
dc.date.accepted | 2016-12-31 | |
rioxxterms.funder | University of Wolverhampton | |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | UoW070417GS | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | https://creativecommons.org/CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 | |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2017-04-07 | |
refterms.dateFCD | 2018-10-19T08:34:27Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2017-04-07T00:00:00Z | |
html.description.abstract | Myths have been retold and rewritten for centuries, indeed the longevity of myths is often attributed to their inherent reshapeability. Not until the 20th century, however, were myths frequently rewritten in a future setting rather than a past one. When, in the 21st century, the publisher Seren Books invited authors to retell the Welsh myths collected in The Mabinogion, some (Horatio Clare, Russell Celyn Jones, Gwyneth Lewis) chose to set their new versions in the future, although all three took a different approach. This essay proposes to investigate what happens to these myths in a process that goes beyond modernising or updating and that aims to examine present day concerns by imagining possible futures refracted through the prism of ancient tales. |