Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction Paperback - 2001
by Susan Sellers
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Woman as gorgon, woman as temptress: the classical and biblical mythology which has dominated Western thinking defines women in a variety of patriarchally encoded roles. This study addresses the surprising persistence of mythical influence in contemporary fiction. Opening with the question 'what is myth?', the first section provides a wide-ranging review of mythography. It traces how myths have been perceived and interpreted by such commentators as Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Bruno Bettelheim, Roland Barthes, Jack Zipes and Marina Warner. This leads to an examination of the role that mythic narrative plays in social and self formation, drawing on the literary, feminist and psychoanalytic theories of Julia Kristeva, Luce Irigaray, Helene Cixous and Judith Butler to delineate the ways in which women's mythos can transcend the limitations of logos and give rise to potent new models for individual and cultural regeneration.
In this light, Susan Sellers offers challenging new readings of a wide range of contemporary women's fiction, including works by A. S. Byatt, Angela Carter, Anne Rice, Michele Roberts, Emma Tennant and Fay Weldon. Topics explored include fairy tale as erotic fiction, new religious writing, vampires and gender-bending, mythic mothers, genre fiction, the still-persuasive paradigm of feminine beauty, and the radical potential of comedy.
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- Title Myth and Fairy Tale in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- Author Susan Sellers
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 198
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
- Date 2001
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780333720158 / 0333720156
- Weight 0.59 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 8.36 x 5.84 x 0.46 in (21.23 x 14.83 x 1.17 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Modern
- Cultural Region: British
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001033108
- Dewey Decimal Code 820.915
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- Choice, 02/01/2002, Page 1051
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