The Wounded Hero in Contemporary Fiction: A Paradoxical Quest

Book Overview

The Wounded Hero in Contemporary Fiction tracks the emergence of a new type of physically and/or spiritually wounded hero(ine) in contemporary fiction. Editors, Susana Onega and Jean-Michel Ganteu bring together some of the top minds in the field to explore the paradoxical lives of these heros that have embraced, rather than overcome, their suffering, alienation and marginalisation as a form of self-definition.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138584126
• ISBN13: 9781138584129
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"