| The Picara: From Hera to Fantasy Heroine Contributor(s): Kaler, Anne K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0879725168 ISBN-13: 9780879725167 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 809.933 |
| LCCN: 90-086056 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 6" W x 9.06" (0.70 lbs) 226 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Courtesan and criminal, thief and trollop, warrior and wanderer-the picara embodies the continuing archetypal pattern of a woman's autonomy. She is the sly sharpster in Defoe's heroines such as Roxana and Moll Flanders. With an ancestress like Becky Sharp, the picara evolves into Scarlett O'Hara before finding a comfortable niche as the female hero in fantasy written by women. The Picara traces the development of this character, from an autonomous woman in a harsh patriarchal society to the female hero of the modern fantasy novel. |