Worlds Within Women : Myth and Mythmaking in Fantastic Literature by Women Hardback
by Thelma J.Y. Richard
Part of the Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series
Hardback
Description
Focusing on the connection between metaphor and myth, Thelma Shinn provides a methaphoric reading of fantastic literature by women that enables the reader to glimpse its underlying mythic purpose and content.
She examines some seventy novels by twenty-four women writers and draws on a rich variety of secondary sources in literature, women's studies, science fiction/fantasy scholarship, and comparative mythology.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:229 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:16/10/1986
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- ISBN:9780313251016
Information
-
Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:229 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:16/10/1986
- Category:
- ISBN:9780313251016