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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Kingston [Ont.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©1988.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
---|---|
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (227 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780773561564 0773561560 1282851055 9781282851054 9786612851056 6612851058 |