Jessica
A re-retelling. A new thing I am trying. Reading two retelling in close proximity. Paired this with the excellent 'No Friend to this House'. They are both outstanding. They are both very modern and very feminist. I think this one maybe packs more of a punch. Medea... How do you humanize one of the most reviled characters in literature -- a woman who killed her children...?? Well Haynes and Hewitt both cracked it as far as I am concerned.
A re-retelling. A new thing I am trying. Reading two retelling in close proximity. Paired this with the excellent 'No Friend to this House'. They are both outstanding. They are both very modern and very feminist. I think this one maybe packs more of a punch. Medea... How do you humanize one of the most reviled characters in literature -- a woman who killed her children...?? Well Haynes and Hewitt both cracked it as far as I am concerned.