Worlds within women : myth and mythmaking in fantastic literature by women /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | New York, N.Y. : Greenwood Press, [1986] |
| Series: | Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy ;
no. 22. |
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| Summary: | Focusing on the connection between metaphor and myth, Thelma Shinn provides a methaphoric reading of fantastic literature by women that enables the reader to glimpse its underlying mythic purpose and content. She examines some seventy novels by twenty-four women writers and draws on a rich variety of secondary sources in literature, women's studies, science fiction/fantasy scholarship, and comparative mythology. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 214 pages ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: pages 197-206. |
| ISBN: | 0313251010 |
| Author Notes: | inn /f Thelma /i J. |