The bitch is back : wicked women in literature /
Aguiar, Sarah Appleton, 1957-
The bitch is back : wicked women in literature / Sarah Appleton Aguiar. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2001. - viii, 173 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index.
Introduction: The season of the bitch. -- To arche the type or not to arche the type. -- The male perspective. -- Women reading and women writing the bitch. -- Revising the literary history. -- The art of becoming the bitch. -- Syzygy. -- Coda: The bitch code.
Aguiar, focusing on the traits and characteristics of the strong-willed female protagonist, analyzes over one hundred examples in a wide range of literature. Among the characters discussed are Zenia in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, Ruth Patchett in Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Sula in Toni Morrison's Sula, and Ginny in Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres.
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GBA156796 bnb
American fiction--History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature--English-speaking countries.
Women and literature--English-speaking countries.
English literature--History and criticism.
Villains in literature.
Good and evil in literature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature--États-Unis.
Femmes et littérature--Grande-Bretagne.
Littérature féministe.
Méchants dans la littérature.
Mal dans la littérature.
American fiction.
English literature.
Good and evil in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Villains in literature.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Amerikaans.
Vrouwen.
Schurken.
Het Kwaad.
Femmes et littérature--États-Unis.
Femmes et littérature--Grande-Bretagne.
Méchants (personnages)--Dans la littérature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.
Femmes--Dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Féminisme et littérature.
Méchants (personnages)
Böse Frau.
Literatur.
English-speaking countries.
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS374.W6 / A36 2001
813/.5409352
The bitch is back : wicked women in literature / Sarah Appleton Aguiar. - Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2001. - viii, 173 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and index.
Introduction: The season of the bitch. -- To arche the type or not to arche the type. -- The male perspective. -- Women reading and women writing the bitch. -- Revising the literary history. -- The art of becoming the bitch. -- Syzygy. -- Coda: The bitch code.
Aguiar, focusing on the traits and characteristics of the strong-willed female protagonist, analyzes over one hundred examples in a wide range of literature. Among the characters discussed are Zenia in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, Ruth Patchett in Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Sula in Toni Morrison's Sula, and Ginny in Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres.
0809323613 9780809323616 0809323621 9780809323623
00039506
GBA156796 bnb
American fiction--History and criticism.
Women in literature.
Feminism and literature--English-speaking countries.
Women and literature--English-speaking countries.
English literature--History and criticism.
Villains in literature.
Good and evil in literature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Femmes et littérature--États-Unis.
Femmes et littérature--Grande-Bretagne.
Littérature féministe.
Méchants dans la littérature.
Mal dans la littérature.
American fiction.
English literature.
Good and evil in literature.
Feminism and literature.
Villains in literature.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Letterkunde.
Engels.
Amerikaans.
Vrouwen.
Schurken.
Het Kwaad.
Femmes et littérature--États-Unis.
Femmes et littérature--Grande-Bretagne.
Méchants (personnages)--Dans la littérature.
Roman américain--Histoire et critique.
Femmes--Dans la littérature.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Féminisme et littérature.
Méchants (personnages)
Böse Frau.
Literatur.
English-speaking countries.
Englisch.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PS374.W6 / A36 2001
813/.5409352