Heroines of Olympus

Author	: Ellie Mackin Roberts
Publisher	: Welbeck Publishing
Total Pages	: 208
Release	: 2020-10-15
ISBN 10	: 1787394921
ISBN 13	: 9781787394926
Language	: EN, FR, DE, ES & NL

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Illustrations accompany a fictional rewriting of each of 50 women's stories, followed by a critical analysis of their role in the mythological canon.

Language: en
Pages: 208

Heroines of Olympus

Authors: Ellie Mackin Roberts

Categories: Goddesses, Greek

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-10-15 - Publisher: Welbeck Publishing

Illustrations accompany a fictional rewriting of each of 50 women's stories, followed by a critical analysis of their role in the mythological canon.

Language: en
Pages: 448

Encyclopedia of Goddesses and Heroines

Authors: Patricia Monaghan, PhD

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-04-01 - Publisher: New World Library

More Than 1,000 Goddesses & Heroines from around the World Groundbreaking scholar Patricia Monaghan spent her life researching, writing about, and documenting g

Language: en
Pages: 688

Heroines Of Fiction

Authors: William Dean Howells

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-15 - Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag

The numerous class of novel readers who for a lifetime have wandered through the fields of fiction, not premeditatedly seeking mental or moral improvement, but

Language: en
Pages: 234

The Heroine in Western Literature

Authors: Meredith A. Powers

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-01-01 - Publisher: McFarland

The impulse that prompts humans to envision themselves as heroic is as inherent to women as to men. The idealization of the hero, however, is an outgrowth of th

Language: en
Pages: 217

Post-feminist Impasses in Popular Heroine Television

Authors: Alison Horbury

Categories: Social Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-28 - Publisher: Springer

Alison Horbury investigates the reprisal of the myth of Persephone - a mother-daughter plot of separation and initiation - in post-feminist television cultures

Language: en
Pages: 242

Greek Mythology

Authors: Lance Hightower

Categories:

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-12-16 - Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Some of the best stories about Ancient Greece are mixed with actual historical events: equal parts truth and fantasy, and that's what makes them so intriguing.

Language: en
Pages: 202

Women’s Deliberation: The Heroine in Early Modern French Women’s Theater (1650–1750)

Authors: Theresa Varney Kennedy

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-04-17 - Publisher: Routledge

Women’s Deliberation: The Heroine in Early Modern French Women’s Theater (1650–1750) argues that women playwrights question traditional views on women thr

Language: en
Pages: 296

Superheroines and the Epic Journey

Authors: Valerie Estelle Frankel

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-17 - Publisher: McFarland

The heroine's journey echoes throughout ancient legend. Each young woman combats her dark side and emerges stronger. This quest is also a staple of American com

Language: en
Pages: 224

The Wasting Heroine in German Fiction by Women 1770-1914

Authors: Anna Richards

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand

In this broad-ranging study of German fiction by women between 1770-1914, the author aims to add a new dimension to existing debates on the association of women

Language: en
Pages: 192

Jane Austen - Sense and Sensibility/ Pride and Prejudice/ Emma

Authors: Annika Bautz

Categories: Literary Criticism

Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-11-23 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

This Guide discusses the range of critical reactions to three of Jane Austen's most widely-studied and popular novels. Annika Bautz takes the reader chronologic