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The Thousand-Faced Heroine: A Female Archetype in Mythology and Literature

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A grand study of female images in world culture in which Harvard professor, cultural critic, and literary scholar Maria Tatar challenges the canonical archetypes described by Joseph Campbell.
She analyzes the "heroine's journey" through the space of stories to make a convincing case that women are not only mothers, spouses, or patron goddesses of heroes. They can fight, deceive, travel, and tell stories with their own motivations and interests, not just to complement and inspire men.
You will learn:
- what is the heroism of Penelope from The Odyssey and Shahrazade from One Thousand and One Nights;
- what connects the ancient myths of Philomela and Arachne with the #MeToo movement;
- how the phenomenon of Wonder Woman can be explained.
The book is full of examples from myths, epic poems, fairy tales, fiction, and film, where women become key characters and their unique journeys demonstrate the diversity and richness of the female experience.
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