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A Biography of Daphne

A Biography of Daphne

Mircan, Mihnea
Hughes, Helen
Ardam, Jacquelyn

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Letters & EssaysMythology & Folklore

Publisher Price: $40.00

PREORDER - Expected ship date October 13, 2026

ISBN10: 3959058071
ISBN13: 9783959058070
Publisher: Spector Books
Published: Oct 13 2026
Pages: 300
Language: English

Revisiting the classical myth of Daphne as the starting point for an investigation of trauma and metamorphosis, symbiosis and entanglement

As most famously immortalized in Ovid's Metamorphoses, the myth of Daphne and Apollo ends with the former, a river nymph of divine beauty, turning into a laurel tree after begging to be spared from Apollo's lustful chase. In this reevaluation of her story, Daphne's becoming tree--and becoming image--is reimagined as a cipher for contemporary predicaments, illuminating the perils and potentials of a profound transformation of the human. Daphne is here recast as a dynamic model for the ruptures between the figures and grounds of today's visual, social and ecological environments. Essays and artist contributions explore the integrity of bodies, their performative or prosthetic extensions and the alliances they enter into across species.

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