Meaning of mythpunk | Babel Free

Definitions

A subgenre of mythic fiction that starts in folklore and myth and adds elements of postmodernist literary techniques.

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Examples

“About “To Seek Her Fortune,” she [Nicole Kornher-Stace] rather puckishly elucidates, “This story is the result of my taking the time-honored tradition of expanding a short story into a novel and running it in reverse. The novel in question is underway. (Mythpunk/steampunk/paranormal mashup! Now with about 900% more Sentient Airship!)””

“Her [Natania Barron’s] first book, a mythpunk, world-hopping novel called Pilgrim of the Sky, was published in 2011; […]”

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