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1 online resource (150 pages) |
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"Sacrificing" the myth in I. Kadare's Agamemnon's daughter / Vassiliki Kotini -- Orpheus loves inevitability: Black Orpheus's Eurydice and the place of originality in classical reception / William Duffy -- Antigone in German-occupied Paris: Anouilh's Antigone / Jenny Krantz -- Transmutations of love in Mary Zimmerman's Metamorphoses / Dawn Saliba -- Helen, warrior princess: reimagining Helen as a feminist role model in young adult literature / Krishni Burns -- Heroes and Amazons in Y: The last man / Luis Guilhaume -- Mr. Artemis: masculine reflections of a goddess / Sarah Skelley -- The hero herself: from death-giver to storyteller in Buffy the vampire slayer / Joel Christensen |
| Summary |
While the role of women in western society has changed since the time of the great classical eras of Greece and Rome, the heroines of ancient myth remain just as potent to modern audiences as they were for their original creators. Regardless of genre or medium, these women of antiquity retain their power to reinforce, challenge, or outright shatter popular beliefs about the attributes, limitations, and social roles of women. This collection of eight essays examines the legacy of the heroines of antiquity in a variety of contexts, from the page to the stage to the screen, in order to understand |
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Women heroes -- Mythology.
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Women heroes in mass media.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature.
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Mythology, Roman, in literature.
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Literary studies: classical, early & medieval.
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Feminism & feminist theory.
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Popular culture.
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Mythology, Greek, in literature
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Mythology, Roman, in literature
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Women heroes in mass media
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Women heroes -- Mythology
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Massenmedien
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Frau Motiv
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Rezeption
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Antike
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Heldin Motiv
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Mythologie
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Duffy, W. S. S., editor
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Burns, K. S., editor
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| ISBN |
144388121X |
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9781443881210 |
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