Description
An in depth exploration of how YA fantasy's female heroes intervene in the narrow and limiting standards of the archetypal hero (those which are modelled by 'normal' adolescence) in order to open avenues for being to those conventionally excluded.
About the Author
Leah Phillips is Senior Lecturer in English at Plymouth Marjon University, UK. She is the Programme Lead for the BA English and MA Literature for Children and Young Adults and is the President and Founder of the YA Studies Association (YASA).
Reviews
A valuable re-visioning of the hero myth through the figure of the female hero, this study also offers a new perspective on fantasy worlds created by women over the last forty years. -- Alison Waller, University of Roehampton, UK
Female Heroes in Young Adult Fantasy Fiction offers readers compelling ways to reframe conventional understandings of the hero figure, YA fantasy literature, and constructions of adolescent womanhood more generally. -- Sara K. Day, Truman State University, USA
Book Information
ISBN 9781350119338
Author Leah Phillips
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC