Don’t Look Back In Anger: The Mythic World-building of Melinda Salisbury’s Her Dark Wings
Through a close reading of Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury and Ash Bond’s own work-in-progress this article examines the use of mythology as a megatext. It explores how both texts handle alternate narratives existing in parallel, and the use of the Underworld as a realm of initiation and transf...
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| Language: | English |
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Elen Caldecott & Lucy Cuthew
2023-04-01
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| Series: | Leaf Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/article/view/65 |
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| Summary: | Through a close reading of Her Dark Wings by Melinda Salisbury and Ash Bond’s own work-in-progress this article examines the use of mythology as a megatext. It explores how both texts handle alternate narratives existing in parallel, and the use of the Underworld as a realm of initiation and transformation. It concludes that while the framework of myth can attract the reader, the subversion of an expected mythic narrative can be a useful tool to incite a reader’s curiosity and propel them through the story.
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| ISSN: | 2753-6920 |