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1) Cassandra speaks: when women are the storytellers, the human story changes

Author

Lesser, Elizabeth

Language

English

Formats

Book - Regular Print, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"In her new book, bestselling author Elizabeth Lesser looks to the stories told about women over the ages and how they contribute to persistent misogyny and gender inequality, and offers a path towards framing new stories that honor all people"--

2) The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature

Publisher

Prentice Hall General Reference

Pub. Date

[1992]

Language

English

3) Venomous woman: fear of the female in literature

Author

Hallissy, Margaret

Series

Contributions in women's studies volume no. 87

Publisher

Greenwood Press

Pub. Date

1987.

Lexile measure

1280L

Language

English

4) Warriors, witches, women: mythology's fiercest females

Author

Hodges, Kate

Publisher

White Lion Publishing

Pub. Date

2020.

Language

English

Description

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Meet mythology's fifty fiercest females in this modern retelling of the world's greatest legends. From feminist fairies to bloodsucking temptresses, half-human harpies and protective Vodou goddesses, these are women who go beyond long-haired, smiling stereotypes. Their stories are so powerful, so entrancing, that they have survived for millennia. Lovingly retold and updated, Kate Hodges places each heroine, rebel and provocateur firmly at the centre...

5) What moves at the margin: selected nonfiction

Author

Morrison, Toni

Publisher

University Press of Mississippi

Pub. Date

[2008]

Language

English

6) Transatlantic spectacles of race: the tragic mulatta and the tragic muse

Author

Manganelli, Kimberly Snyder

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Pub. Date

c2012

Language

English

7) Finding the plot: a maternal approach to madness in literature

Author

Rogers, Megan

Publisher

Demeter Press

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

8) Western representations of the Muslim woman: from termagant to odalisque

Author

Kahf, Mohja

Publisher

University of Texas Press

Pub. Date

1999

Language

English

9) Theatricalising narrative research on women casual academics

Author

Crimmins, Gail

Series

Palgrave studies in gender and education

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

10) Good boys and dead girls: and other essays

Author

Gordon, Mary

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

11) On womanhood: bodies, literature, choice

Author

Gilbert, Sophie

Publisher

Zando

Pub. Date

[2023]

Language

English

Description

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"Twelve essential and attentive critical essays on womanhood in popular culture."--

12) An uncommon heroine: Scarlett, Edna, Sula--and more than 20 other of the most remarkable women in literature

Author

Robertson, Jamie Cox

Publisher

Adams Media

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

13) The heroine's bookshelf: [life lessons, from Jane Austen to Laura Ingalls Wilder]

Author

Blakemore, Erin M

Publisher

Blackstone Audio

Pub. Date

[2010]

Language

English

Description

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In this compelling book of beloved heroines and the remarkable writers who created them, Erin Blakemore explores how the pluck and dignity of literary characters such as Anne Shirley, Elizabeth Bennet, Jane Eyre, Scarlett O'Hara, Scout Finch and Jo March can inspire women today.