Hello!
I'm a Letters student and I'm working on my thesis based on The Myth of Pygmalion. Shortly, I'm looking for literature stories in which the image of Pygmalion persists as a major theme, for example in The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, or Galateea by Madeleine Miller. I want to study the evolution of this myth in literature, so I have in the bibliography for my thesis a novella by Balzac, the Unknown masterpiece, but I want to have more examples in order to have a larger perspective. I would appreciate if you could suggest me contemporary literature, because i want to write about a contemporary perspective, starting with the original myth portrayed by Ovidius.
The book must rely on this connection with Pygmalion indirectly too, it doesn't have to have characters named Pygmalion or Galateea.
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If you’re open to plays, the musical My Fair Lady is based on George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, which in turn was inspired by the myth.
Neither of those are particularly contemporary, but the themes/story have been reimagined numerous times, especially in TV and movies.