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| Named Person: | Charlotte Brontë; James Joyce; Henry James; Edith Wharton; Nathaniel Hawthorne; Diane (divinité romaine) dans la littérature.; Diana. |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Gil Harootunian |
| ISBN: | 0820430250 9780820430256 0820440833 9780820440835 |
| OCLC Number: | 33048115 |
| Description: | 261 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 1. Jane Eyre: The Creative Quest of the Modern Hero -- 2. Hester Prynne: The American Transformation -- 3. Molly Bloom: The Hero of Comedy -- 4. Isabel Archer: The Hero of Tragedy -- 5. Gwendolen Harleth: The Splendid, Sad-Hearted Hero -- 6. Lily Bart: The Creative Marriage of the Diana-Hero. |
| Series Title: | Writing about women, vol. 21. |
| Responsibility: | Gil Haroian-Guerin. |
Abstract:
The Fatal Hero explores the genesis of a dynamic new female hero in English literature. With imaginative and forceful arguments, it investigates the radical revision of the figure of Diana as an ideal model for the heroic woman. This ground-breaking analysis opens new vistas on the novels of Charlotte Bronte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Henry James, George Eliot, and Edith Wharton. This study transforms the way we see modern literature, its language and images, and its themes and heroic characters.
The Fatal Hero demonstrates a hitherto unidentified but profound nexus between women's studies and modern literature.
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Related Subjects:(37)
- English fiction -- History and criticism.
- Heroines in literature.
- Feminism and literature -- English-speaking countries.
- Women and literature -- English-speaking countries.
- American fiction -- History and criticism.
- Archetype (Psychology) in literature.
- Diana (Roman deity) in literature.
- Fate and fatalism in literature.
- Goddesses, Roman, in literature.
- Fiction -- Classical influences.
- Femininity in literature.
- Women in literature.
- Moon -- In literature.
- Roman anglais -- Histoire et critique.
- Héroïnes dans la littérature.
- Féminité dans la littérature.
- Archétype (Psychologie) dans la littérature.
- Roman américain -- Histoire et critique.
- Diane (Divinité romaine) dans la littérature.
- Destin et fatalisme dans la littérature.
- Déesses romaines dans la littérature.
- Roman -- Influence ancienne.
- Féminisme et littérature.
- Femmes dans la littérature.
- Brontë, Charlotte -- (1816-1855).
- Joyce, James -- (1882-1941).
- James, Henry -- (1843-1916).
- Wharton, Edith -- (1862-1937).
- Hawthorne, Nathaniel -- (1804-1864) -- Personnages -- Hester Prynne.
- Diane (divinité romaine) dans la littérature.
- Féminisme -- Dans la littérature.
- Féminité (psychologie) dans la littérature.
- Archétype (psychologie) dans la littérature.
- Diana.
- Roman.
- Heldin.
- Englisch.

