Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Contexts: Theories of Myth The Double-Voice of Laughter: Metamorphosing Monsters and Rescripting Female Desire in A.S. Byatt's 'The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye' and Fay Weldon's 'The Life and Loves of a She-Devil' Re-creation in Other Love: Myth-Breaking and Myth-Making in Christine Crow's Miss X or the Wolf Woman and Helene Cixous' The Book of Promethea Becoming Gods and Umbilical Wordbows: The New Hagiography of Michele Roberts Unlimited Horror: Vampires, Sex-Slaves and Paragons of the Feminine in Anne Rice and Emma Tennant Bodies of Power: Beauty Myths in Tales by Marina Warner, Emma Donoghue, Sheri S. Tepper and Alice Thompson New Myths or Old?: Angela Carter's Mirrors and Mothers Conclusion Bibliography Index.

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'A highly interesting, well-informed book, which will be of particular usefulness in discussing contemporary vampire fiction by women.' - Dr Ann Heilmann, University of Wales, Swansea '...this volume is for all collections and readers at all levels.' - Choice 'Susan Sellers has made a great contribution to the study of fairy tales and feminism.' - Jack Zipes, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, University of Minnesota

About the Author

SUSAN SELLERS is Professor of English and Related Literature at the University of St Andrews.

Reviews

'A highly interesting, well-informed book, which will be of particular usefulness in discussing contemporary vampire fiction by women.' - Dr Ann Heilmann, University of Wales, Swansea '...this volume is for all collections and readers at all levels.' - Choice 'Susan Sellers has made a great contribution to the study of fairy tales and feminism.' - Jack Zipes, Professor of Scandinavian Studies, University of Minnesota