The heroine in western literature : the archetype and her reemergence in modern prose /

Arguing that the heroic emerges from the divine, examines how the reduction of the goddess in early western culture was paralleled by the decline of the heroine, and how both are being revived in contemporary fiction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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Main Author:	Powers, Meredith A
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 1991 Jefferson, N.C. : [1991], ©1991 Jefferson, N.C. : c1991 Jefferson, N.C. : ©1991 Jefferson, N.C. : c1991 Jefferson, N.C. : [1991]
Subjects:	Andrae, A Centro para la Promoción de la Conservación del Suelo y del Agua > Buenos Aires Feministische Literaturwissenschaft Archetype (Psychology) in literature Feminism and literature Goddesses in literature Gods in literature Heroines in literature Literature > History and criticism Myth in literature Women in literature Déesses dans la littérature Femmes dans la littérature Héroïnes dans la littérature Littérature > Histoire et critique Mythe dans la littérature Archetypus Geschichte Göttin Heldin Heldin > Motiv Literatur Literature Mythos Geschichte (1850-1990) Geschichte (1925-1987) Prosa Roman Archetypen Godinnen Letterkunde Vrouwen USA Westliche Welt Feminism in literature Criticism, interpretation, etc

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