Courtesan and criminal, thief and trollop, warrior and wanderer-the picara embodies the continuing archetypal pattern of a woman's autonomy. She is the sly sharpster in Defoe's heroines such as Roxana and Moll Flanders. With an ancestress like Becky Sharp, the picara evolves into Scarlett O'Hara before finding a comfortable niche as the female hero in fantasy written by women. The Picara traces the development of this character, from an autonomous woman in a harsh patriarchal society to the female hero of the modern fantasy novel.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN-13
9780879725167
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96589136
Product Key Features
Author
Anne K Kaler
Publication Name
The Picara: from Hera to Fantasy Heroine
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
1991
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
215 Pages
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Anne K Kaler
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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