The Persephone Myth in Young Adult Fiction
From Girl to Woman
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Classical Reception;
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
- Date of Publication 25 June 2026
- ISBN 9781350401235
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages248 pages
- Size 232x154x16 mm
- Weight 380 g
- Language 698
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Short description:
Studies the use of the Persephone myth to explore the initiation of young girls into adulthood within six contemporary young adult books.
MoreLong description:
Investigating the widespread but understudied presence of the Persephone myth within 21st-century young adult literature, Cristina Salcedo Gonz?lez analyses six young adult novels which incorporate a reworking of this ancient Greek myth. Through the identification of mythic themes ('mythemes') and patterns within these novels, Gonz?lez shows that these works evoke the female life cycle and develop current perceptions of the female maturational experience. As a result, Salcedo Gonz?lez makes an important contribution in establishing the cultural significance of young adult literature in the world of classical reception. These novels, all written by women, also inflect or interpret the myth in ways influenced by their contemporary contexts, specifically the impact of the novels' target readership on the aspects of the myth that are either emphasised (e.g. Persephone's descent into the underworld; her existence there; and her re-ascent) or de-emphasised (e.g. the mourning and wanderings of Demeter).
This book makes original methodological contributions - through its innovative dual perspective of myth criticism and classical reception - to our understanding of the academically neglected genre of young adult literature and the reception of the myth of Persephone. As a result, Salcedo Gonz?lez significantly contributes to establishing the cultural significance of young adult literature within the realm of classical reception.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
PART I. THE REVALUATION OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY: THE MULTIPLE FACES OF PERSEPHONE FROM ANTIQUITY TO MODERNITY
2. Classical Persephone
3. From medieval Persephone to romantic Proserpine
4. Persephone in twentieth-century and nineteenth-century literature written in English
PART II. PERSEPHONE ADAPTED FOR YOUNG ADULT READERS: THE YOUNG WOMAN'S JOURNEY INTO ADULTHOOD
5. Persephone's revival in contemporary popular media and young adult culture
6. Mourning Persephone: adolescence and depression (Dangerous Spaces by Margaret Mahy)
7. Lost Persephone: adolescence and the inevitability of change (The Water's Edge by Louise Tondeur)
8. Sick Persephone: eating disorders and mental health (Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson)
9. Abducted Persephone: violence against young women (Bone Gap by Laura Ruby)
10. Persephone and toxic love: adolescence and infernal relationships (House of Women by Lynn Freed)
11. Searching Persephone: identity formation, self-esteem and gender violence (Psyche in a Dress by Francesca Lia Block)
12. From girl to woman: female rites of passage and underworld journeys
13. Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Appendix: young adult rewritings of the Persephone myth in English literature from 1980 to 2023
