Women and the Word

Women and the Word examines why, in today's secular society, so many of the finest British and American women novelists seem preoccupied with Biblical themes and stories. It offers informed and challenging analysis of individual novels and stories for the literary critic and student. By analysing those texts in the context of myth and religion, however, it also makes an important and ground-breaking contribution to a number of the inter-disciplinary debates taking place within women's studies.

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JEANNETTE KING is Director of Women's Studies at the University of Aberdeen. She is the author of Tragedy in the Victorian Novel, An Open Guide to Jane Eyre, and Doris Lessing.

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Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction From the Mother Goddess to God the Father Destructive Genesis: Old Testament Myths of Origin and Creation Stabat Mater: Christianity and the Virgin Mother Outside Time: Prophets of Transgression A Dissenting Voice: Angela Carter's Passion of New Eve Paradise Lost and Regained: Alice Walker and Toni Morrison Bibliography Index