The Heroine with 1001 Faces

by Maria Tatar

Book Overview

The Heroine with 1,001 Faces dismantles the cult of warrior heroes, revealing a secret history of heroinism at the very heart of our collective cultural imagination. Maria Tatar, a leading authority on fairy tales and folklore, explores how heroines, rarely wielding a sword and often deprived of a pen, have flown beneath the radar even as they have been bent on redemptive missions. Deploying the domestic crafts and using words as weapons, they...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 132409236X
• ISBN13: 9781324092360
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"