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Worlds within women : myth and mythmaking in fantastic literature by women / Thelma J. Shinn.
Van Pelt Library PS374.F27 S45 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shinn, Thelma J., 1942-
- Series:
- Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy 0193-6875 ; no. 22.
- Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy. 0193-6875 ; no. 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fantasy fiction, American--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Myth in literature.
- Mythology in literature.
- Future, The, in literature.
- Women and literature.
- Science fiction, American--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Science fiction, American.
- Science fiction, American--Women authors.
- Fantasy fiction, American--Women authors.
- Genre:
- Fantasy fiction, American.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 214 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Greenwood Press, [1986]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Bibliography: pages [197]-206.
- ISBN:
- 0313251010
- OCLC:
- 13397202
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