The Callisto Myth from Ovid to Atwood: Initiation and Rape in Literature
ISBN-13:
9780773506404
ISBN-10:
0773506403
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Kathleen Wall
Publication date:
1988
Publisher:
McGill-Queen's University Press
Format:
Hardcover
240 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780773506404
ISBN-10:
0773506403
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Kathleen Wall
Publication date:
1988
Publisher:
McGill-Queen's University Press
Format:
Hardcover
240 pages
Summary
The Callisto Myth from Ovid to Atwood: Initiation and Rape in Literature (ISBN-13: 9780773506404 and ISBN-10: 0773506403), written by authors
Kathleen Wall, was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 1988.
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Kathleen Wall traces the myth through fifteen works of English, American, and Canadian literature, providing a fresh, feminist reading of these narratives. Among the works analysed are selections by Margaret Atwood, Charlotte Bronte, Thomas Hardy, and George Elliot. The resulting text reveals many facets of the realities of women's experience from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century. And ultimately, Wall shows rape to be an expression of dominance rather than lust, giving increased support to the definition suggested by feminists. Wall demonstrates that the Callisto myth is a powerful archetype which illustrates both the victimization of women and their search for independence and autonomy, an archetype that should not be ignored by modern women.
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