Approaches to the Anglo and American Female Epic, 1621-1982

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Bernard Schweizer
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2006 - 228 pages
Epic has long been regarded as the exclusive domain of the male literary genius and as an incarnation of patriarchal values. This text challenges such a hegemonic stereotype by demonstrating the ways in which women writers have successfully adapted the masculine epic tradition to suit their own needs.
 

Contents

Lady Mary Wroths Urania and Literary Traditions
19
Female Heroic Action in Frances Burneys Camilla
37
Virginia Woolf and the Modern Epic
55
Epic Form and ReVision in Rebecca Wests
69
Anna Seward and the Epic
85
The Female Epic and the Journey Toward SelfDefinition in 99 60
99
Aurora Leigh as a Female
117
Tradition and Innovation in American
141
Revisionary Postwar Heroism in Gwendolyn Brookss Annie Allen
159
Sharon Doubiago Hard Country
181
Bibliography
211
Index
225
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