Approaches to the Anglo and American female epic, 1621-1982 / edited by Bernard Schweizer.
| Other author | Schweizer, Bernard, 1962- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2006. |
| Description | x, 228 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Romancing the epic : Lady Mary Wroth's Urania and literary traditions / Sheila Cavanagh -- Female heroic action in Frances Burney's Camilla / Elizabeth Kraft -- Virginia Woolf and the modern epic / Karla Alwes -- Epic form and (re)vision in Rebecca West's Black lamb and grey falcon / Bernard Schweizer -- Gendering Telemachus : Anna Seward and the epic rewriting of Fénelon's Télémaque / Adeline Johns-Putra -- The female epic and the journey toward self-definition in Mary Tighe's Psyche / Debnita Chakravarti -- "Hear the voice of the (female) bard" : Aurora Leigh as a female romantic epic / Peggy Dunn Bailey -- The daughters of Penelope : tradition and innovation in American epics by women / Alan Jalowitz -- Revisionary postwar heroism in Gwendolyn Brooks's Annie Allen / Jenny Goodman -- Against the fathers' amnesia : Sharon Doubiago, Hard country, and women's epic / Jeremy M. Downes. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-224) and index. |
| LCCN | 2005026814 |
| ISBN | 0754654869 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PR111 .A67 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |