Myths and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction: From Atwood to Morrison

by Sharon Rose Wilson

Book Overview

Myths and Fairy Tales in Contemporary Women's Fiction explores contemporary feminist, postmodernist, and postcolonial women writers' use and revisions of fairy tales and myths. With close readings of works ranging from Margaret Atwood to Doris Lessing to Toni Morrison, Wilson examines meanings of myths and fairy tales as well as their varying techniques, images, intertexts, and genres. Although the writers represent several different nationalities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137289864
• ISBN13: 9781137289865
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"