Heroines: Demigoddess, Prima Donna, Movie StarA renowned Arthurian scholar now focuses on female heroes whose valor, fortitude, fearlessness, brilliance, and fame have defined and defied women's roles throughout the ages. From Eve, Hecate, and Medusa to Phryne, Joan of Arc, and Madame Bovary, here are stories of women whose lives are as much a part of our history, education, and archetypes as their better-known male counterparts. |
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LEGENDARY GOOD WOMEN | 1 |
LOVERS AND DEMON LOVERS | 31 |
EDUCATING HEROINES | 72 |
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Admetus Alcestis American ancient myths Antigone Astraea beauty called Carmen castle celebrated century Clara Reeve Cleopatra Cuchulain Dagny Daisy dark daughter dead Death Queen demigoddess died Don José Dumas earth Electra Emily Emma England English epic Euripides father Faulkner Félicité Flaubert forest France French girl goddess Gothic fiction Greece Greek Heloïse hero heroine Hjördis honor husband Ireland Jane Joan of Arc justice killed King Mark Kleist knowledge Laclos lady lives Lucrece Madame Bovary Manon Lescaut Marguerite Maria Medea Medusa Mérimée modern Moll Flanders Morrigu mother murder never novel novelist opera Orléans Paris person Phryne poet priestess princess prostitution Pushkin Queen Isolde Queen Maeve reader Roman Rousseau Russian Scotland Sigurd stone story Tess Thelma and Louise Theodora Tolstoy tragedy Translated Tristan Viking Virgin warrior white goddess wife William Faulkner witch woman women words worship York young