The Callisto myth from Ovid to Atwood :: initiation and rape in literature /

The Callisto myth demonstrates the vulnerability of women to the power of the patriarchy. Kathleen Wall opens her analysis with a discussion of the classical versions of the Callisto myth. She draws a discrete parallel between Callisto's rape by Zeus and the traditional rape of femininity by th...

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1. Verfasser: Wall, Kathleen, 1950-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1988.
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Zusammenfassung:The Callisto myth demonstrates the vulnerability of women to the power of the patriarchy. Kathleen Wall opens her analysis with a discussion of the classical versions of the Callisto myth. She draws a discrete parallel between Callisto's rape by Zeus and the traditional rape of femininity by the patriarchy and its institutions.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (227 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index.
ISBN:9780773561564
0773561560
1282851055
9781282851054
9786612851056
6612851058

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