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Article: Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth.(The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus by Margaret Atwood; The Weight by Jeannette Winterson)(Book review)
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- Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue
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- December 1, 2006
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Karen Armstrong, A Short History of Myth; Margaret Atwood, The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus; Jeannette Winterson, The Weight. (Edinburgh, New York, Melbourne: Canongate, 2005)
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