Challenging many established narratives of literary history, this book investigates how the earliest known Greek poets (seventh to fifth centuries bce) signposted their debts to their predecessors and prior traditions – placing markers in their works for audiences to recognise (much like the ‘Easter eggs’ of modern cinema). Within antiquity, such …
this project was made possible by the Gesellschaft für kanadastudien (Gks) and the Deutsche akademische austauschdienst (DaaD), both of which provided grants in generous support of my dissertation research at the Merril Collection of science Fiction, speculation & Fantasy and york university in toronto, Canada, between august 2009 and april 2010. Without them, this project might not have…
There are so many people who helped me along the lonely writer’s path. The story was put to page in pilot quarters all over Alaska, in stark places like Nome, Kotzebue, St. Mary’s, Bethel, and Barrow. The guys and gals I flew with read portions, knowing I could fly, but probably wondered if I could write. Here is my proof and I thank all my friends who read my …