Telling Tales (Lapham’s Quarterly)

The evolutions of four stories (map here)

1. Pygmalion - A man falls in love with his female creation
2. Oedipus - A king unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother
3. Faust - A man sells his soul to the devil in exchange for power and knowledge
4. Leviathan - A mythical sea monster terrorizes the deep.