Myth and fairy tale in contemporary women's fiction. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Susan Sellers.
• Other Names: Sellers, Susan
• Contents: Contexts: theories of myth -- The double-voice of laughter: metamorphosing monsters and rescripting female desire in A.S. Byatt's 'The djinn in the nightingale's eye' and Fay Weldon's The life and loves of a she devil -- Re-creation in other love: myth-breaking and myth-making in Christine Crow's Miss X or the wolf woman and Hélène Cixous's The book of Promethea -- Becoming gods and umbilical wordbows: the new hagiography of Michèle Roberts -- Unlimited horror: vampires, sex-slaves and paragons of the feminine in Anne Rice and Emma Tennant -- Bodies of power: beauty myths in tales by Marina Warner, Emma Donoghue, Sheri Tepper, and Alice Thompson -- New myths or old? Angela Carter's mirrors and mothers.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (210 pages)
• Subjects: 820.9/15/08209045; Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology; English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Myth in literature; Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- English-speaking countries -- History -- 20th century; American fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; English fiction -- Women authors -- History and criticism; American fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Fairy tales -- Adaptations -- History and criticism; Feminist fiction -- History and criticism; Feminism in literature; Women in literature; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Romanschrijvers; Vrouwelijke auteurs; Engels; Amerikaans; Feminisme; Mythen; Sprookjes; American fiction; American fiction -- Women authors; English fiction; English fiction -- Women authors; Fairy tales -- Adaptations; Feminism and literature; Feminism in literature; Feminist fiction; Myth in literature; Women and literature; Women in literature; Literary studies: from c 1900; English-speaking countries; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137148797; 1137148799
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.