Becoming a Heroine: Reading about Women in Novels

By Rachel M. Brownstein

Book Overview

Now back in print, this feminist classic explores how women define themselves and their lives in terms of novels. Many of the greatest novels in English have women as their protagonists, and women have always been the novel's most faithful readers. Why is it that fiction and women relate so intimately?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231100000
• ISBN13: 9780231100007
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher