Title The female hero in American and British literature / Carol Pearson, Katherine Pope

Published New York : Bowker, 1981

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Description ix, 314 pages ; 24 cm Contents Part I: The hero and her world -- The female hero: a theorectical and methodological introduction -- The mirror and the cage: literary accounts of the myths that discourage heroism in women -- Part II: The journey -- Slaying the dragon: an overview of the stages of the journey -- The exit from the garden: the hero's crossing of the threshold, the heroic exit -- The emperor's new clothes: the search for the male "savior" -- A woman is her mother: the reconciliation with the mother. -- Part III: The return -- The new family: the reward of community and wholeness -- The kingdom transfigured: utopian visions Analysis American literature History and criticism English literature History and criticism Feminism and literature English-speaking countries Heroes in literature Heroines in literature Women and literature English-speaking countries Women in literature Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 297-305 Subject American literature -- History and criticism. English literature -- History and criticism. Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries. Feminism and literature. Heroes in literature. Heroines in literature. Heroes. Women and literature -- English-speaking countries. Women heroes -- In literature. Women in literature. Author Pope, Katherine, 1939- LC no. 81010939 ISBN 0835214028 0835214664

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