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.
| ISBN: | 9780313251016 |
| Publication date: | 16th October 1986 |
| Author: | Thelma J Shinn |
| Publisher: | Praeger an imprint of ABC-CLIO |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 214 pages |
| Series: | Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 |
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.
Worlds Within Women features in the following genres: Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Worlds Within Women is available in Hardback
Worlds Within Women was written by Thelma J Shinn and published by Praeger an imprint of ABC-CLIO
Worlds Within Women has 214 pages
Yes it is part of Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy series