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Paperback Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction Book
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ISBN: 0333720156

ISBN13: 9780333720158

Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction

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Woman as gorgon, woman as temptress: the classical and biblical mythology which has dominated Western thinking defines women in a variety of patriarchally encoded roles. This study addresses the surprising persistence of mythical influence in contemporary fiction. Opening with the question 'what is myth?', the first section provides a wide-ranging review of mythography. It traces how myths have been perceived and interpreted by such commentators...

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