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Ligdus and Telethusa are having a child, but they cannot afford to have a girl. Ligdus informs Telethusa that she had better hope for a boy. While this decision makes them both sad, Telethusa “must/obey.” She prays to Isis, but births a girl and names her Iphis, a name that “suited male or female–/a neutral name.” She convinces everyone, including Ligdus, that Iphis is a boy.

Iphis matures and falls in love with another girl, Ianthe, and is engaged for marriage, yet s/he is ruled by the sexual norms of the time: “[P]ossessed by love so strange . . . no female wants/a female!” but “no learned art–can ever make of me/a boy.” She attempts to reconcile her love for Ianthe against the pressures of “nature.” The wedding day is near, Telethusa is desperate, and prays again to Isis. Iphis is transformed, looking like a boy.

Is Ovid suggesting that what we think is nature is attitude? Does Iphis grow a penis? Or does Iphis, adopting the characteristics of a boy, remain a girl married to a girl, undermining traditional values?]]> 1527854 8 2554799 1 11 2007 Girl Meets Boy: The Myth of Iphis (Canongate Myths) total:273|5:49|4:112|3:75|2:31|1:6| 273 986 477 65 68992 3.37 2520 489 9527970 316496 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.62 226 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 3 1 false Sun Nov 25 15:35:21 -0800 2007 Sun Dec 30 20:48:37 -0800 2007 more...]]> 44722116 45618 2547263 1847670687 9781847670687 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200m/2547263.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200s/2547263.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2547263.Girl_Meets_Boy 3.67 27
Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold.

It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.]]> 2007 3 9 false Thu Jan 29 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 21:15:43 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 18:36:44 -0800 2009 69747359 396840 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 18:00:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 18:01:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 53652424 1684560 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 5 0 false Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:09:09 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 17:16:28 -0700 2009 1
This is one of my favorite authors - she writes in a very different style, and each of her books is different. I very much enjoyed this book which is a modern day version of the myth of Iphis (which I didn't know) but has something to do with a girl who has to be dressed as...more...]]> 12910568 803262 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 4 1 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 12:18:40 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 18 21:24:10 -0800 2008 68311171 2347403 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 2 0 false Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 02:19:33 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 12:57:59 -0700 2009
There were still some of the clever phrases that Ali Smith does so beautifully bu...more...]]> 49818135 1424556 2547263 1847670687 9781847670687 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200m/2547263.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200s/2547263.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2547263.Girl_Meets_Boy 3.61 273
Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold.

It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.]]> 2007 4 0 false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:48:50 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 17:57:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 67777978 890233 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 3 0 false Thu Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Aug 17 13:36:01 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 21:38:28 -0800 2009
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Ligdus and Telethusa are having a child, but they cannot afford to have a girl. Ligdus informs Telethusa that she had better hope for a boy. While this decision makes them both sad, Telethusa “must/obey.” She prays to Isis, but births a girl and names her Iphis, a name that “suited male or female–/a neutral name.” She convinces everyone, including Ligdus, that Iphis is a boy.

Iphis matures and falls in love with another girl, Ianthe, and is engaged for marriage, yet s/he is ruled by the sexual norms of the time: “[P]ossessed by love so strange . . . no female wants/a female!” but “no learned art–can ever make of me/a boy.” She attempts to reconcile her love for Ianthe against the pressures of “nature.” The wedding day is near, Telethusa is desperate, and prays again to Isis. Iphis is transformed, looking like a boy.

Is Ovid suggesting that what we think is nature is attitude? Does Iphis grow a penis? Or does Iphis, adopting the characteristics of a boy, remain a girl married to a girl, undermining traditional values?]]> 2007 3 0 false Tue Aug 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 23 23:51:52 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 08 05:32:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 12384508 713685 2547263 1847670687 9781847670687 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200m/2547263.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200s/2547263.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2547263.Girl_Meets_Boy 3.61 273
Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold.

It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.]]> 2007 4 0 false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 01:56:24 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 03:10:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 14471193 176566 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 16:07:47 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 06:07:54 -0800 2008
'let me tell you about when i was a girl, our grandfather says.'

made me snap the book shut and put it in my pile of library books. smith has a clear love of poetry, symbology, and bending grammar and gender rules, so natu...more...]]> 25139542 1167997 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 3 0 false Sun Jun 22 14:40:01 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 14:49:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 52156056 125056 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 4 0 false Mon Jan 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 09 22:05:35 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 22:09:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 66808927 160336 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 2 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 21:47:52 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 21:53:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 22859390 1006902 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 5 0 false Sat May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 24 01:35:05 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 03:33:42 -0700 2008 more...]]> 50992186 177678 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 20:33:19 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 20:35:21 -0700 2009 27767309 447446 2547263 1847670687 9781847670687 6 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200m/2547263.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1208442200s/2547263.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2547263.Girl_Meets_Boy 3.61 273
Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold.

It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations.]]> 2007 0 0 false Thu Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 04:14:12 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 04:14:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 26783095 447446 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 4 0 false Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 14:11:10 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 10 04:00:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 67256974 1757623 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 5 0 false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:04:42 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 11:07:27 -0700 2009 43709881 67001 1527854 1841958697 9781841958699 54 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1527854.Girl_Meets_Boy_The_Myth_of_Iphis 3.61 273 Girl Meets Boy is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, the absurdity of consumerism, as well as a story of reversals and revelations that’s as sharply witty as it is lyrical. Funny, fresh, poetic, and political, Girl Meets Boy is a myth of metamorphosis for a world made in Madison Avenue’s image, and the funniest addition to The Myths series from Canongate since The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood. ]]> 2007 3 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 11:29:48 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 07:56:19 -0800 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=505059