Mythology, interpreted by Joseph Campbell and others, has excited a generation of readers. But from Greek and Hebrew legends to Hollywood movies, women have mostly lived in the shadow of male adventure. Now, for the first time, a psychologist unearths the female face of heroism …
Taking up works by Samuel Richardson, James Fenimore Cooper, Sir Walter Scott, and Catharine Maria Sedgwick, among others, Jennifer B. Camden examines the role of "secondary heroines" in early British and American novels. By showing that they are a site for the displaced anxieti…
A la lumière des récits du Graal, Jean Markale dresse les portraits complexes de chacune de ces envoûtantes créatures : Guenièvre, Morgane, Viviane, la Dame du lac. Au-delà de leur apparence, qui se cache derrière elles? Ne sont-elles pas les multiples visages d'une seule femme,…
Presents stylized portraits of female literary characters, along with a quote from the novels in which they appear--from Alice in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" to Jane Eyre.
"Debating literature's greatest heroines with a friend, playwright Samantha Ellis has a revelation--"My whole life, I'd been trying to be Cathy, when I should have been trying to be Jane." With this discovery, she embarks on a retrospective look at the literary ladies--the chara…
"Debating literature's greatest heroines with a friend, playwright Samantha Ellis has a revelation--"My whole life, I'd been trying to be Cathy, when I should have been trying to be Jane." With this discovery, she embarks on a retrospective look at the literary ladies--the chara…