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Aphrodite
archetypal criticism
Artemis
Athena
Author_Susan Rowland
being
Boom Boom
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Country House Mysteries
Dead Man
desire
detective
Detective Fiction
Earth Mother Consciousness
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femininity
feminist literary theory
fiction
Fire Triangle
Gaudy Night
gender
Ginette Paris
goddess
goddess archetypes in detective fiction
Hestia
Home Town
hunting
King Richard III
Lake Eden
literary
literature
Lord Peter Wimsey
mystery
Mystery Fiction
mythic structures
narrative identity
Ngaio Marsh
Pole Star
psyche
psychological archetypes
Sister Goddess
Sky Father
survival
symbolic femininity
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780367461065
- Weight: 660g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 18 Dec 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Rowland presents a detailed exploration of how the archetypes of ancient goddesses Hestia, Artemis, Athena and Aphrodite breathe into and shape female-authored detective fiction. Representing aspects of characterisation not bound by gender, the book examines how these archetypes emerge in themes like the home and hearth, hunting, survival and desire. Rowland assesses numerous examples from a range of works, providing a clear illustration of each archetype and illuminating aspects of femininity, psyche and being. This uniquely interdisciplinary work of literary analysis sheds light on the popularity and underlying mystique of the genre.
Susan Rowland, PhD, is Chair of the M.A. in Engaged Humanities and the Creative Life at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California. Author of many books on Jung, the feminine, literature, and literary theory, her recent work includes C. G. Jung in the Humanities: Taking the Soul’s Path (2010) and The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature, Evolutionary Complexity, and Jung (2012). She lives in California with her husband, the digital literary artist and poet Joel Weishaus.
