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Merlin's Daughters Charlott Spivack

Merlin's Daughters By Charlott Spivack

Merlin's Daughters by Charlott Spivack


Summary

Chapters provide a feminist perspective and analysis of leading women fantasists of the past two decades as well as promising new voices.

The relationship between fantasy and the feminine is explored in this compelling study of women writers of the genre.

Merlin's Daughters Summary

Merlin's Daughters: Contemporary Women Writers of Fantasy by Charlott Spivack

The relationship between fantasy and the feminine is explored in this compelling study of women writers of the genre. Spivak provides a revisioning of such archetypes as the wizard, the hero, and the dragon, and considers why women writers are currently dominating this field formerly occupied almost exclusively by men, as well as how women readers identify with the enchanted quest. Chapters provide a feminist perspective and analysis of leading women fantasists of the past two decades as well as promising new voices. The relationship between fantasy and the feminine is explored in this compelling study of women writers of the genre. Spivak provides a revisioning of such archetypes as the wizard, the hero, and the dragon, and considers why women writers are currently dominating this field formerly occupied almost exclusively by men, as well as how women readers identify with the enchanted quest. Chapters provide a feminist perspective and analysis of leading women fantasists of the past two decades as well as promising new voices.

About Charlott Spivack

CHARLOTTE SPIVACK is Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface Fantasy and the Feminine Andre Norton Susan Cooper Ursula K. Le Guin Evangeline Watson Katharine Kurtz Mary Stewart Patricia McKillip Vera Chapman Gillian Bradshaw Marion Zimmer Bradley Conclusion Appendix: Other Women Fantasists Notes Bibliography Index

Additional information

NPB9780313241949
9780313241949
0313241945
Merlin's Daughters: Contemporary Women Writers of Fantasy by Charlott Spivack
New
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
1987-01-13
200
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