Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction

by Susan Sellers

Book Overview

Myth and Fairytale in Contemporary Women's Fiction explores contemporary women's rewritings of myth and fairy tale. It examines the nature and role of myth, reviewing existing theories in an attempt to explain the ongoing potency of mythical paradigms in contemporary women's fiction despite the distorted images of gender they frequently present. To illustrate this, the book offers a series of readings of texts by a range of contemporary women writers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333720156
• ISBN13: 9780333720158
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.4"