The Fatal Hero
Subtitle: Diana, Deity of the Moon, As an Archetype of the Modern Hero in English Literature (Writing About Women, Vol 21)
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc; Lang Publishing, Incorporated, Peter
Published: May 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 261
ISBN-13: 9780820430256
Subjects: Psychology Of Literature; Women In Literature; English fiction; English-speaking countries; Feminism and literature; Heroines in literature; History and criticism; Literature: Folklore/Mythology
Description: The Fatal Hero explores the genesis of a dynamic new female hero in English literature. With imaginative and forceful arguments, it investigates the radical revision of the figure of Diana as an ideal model for the heroic woman. This ground-breaking analysis opens new vistas on the novels of Charlotte Bronte, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, Henry James, George Eliot, and Edith Wharton. This study transforms the way we see modern literature, its language and images, and its themes and heroic characters.

The Fatal Hero demonstrates a hitherto unidentified but profound nexus between women's studies and modern literature.