| Description |
viii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The first battle: Greeks and Romans vs. Amazons -- The sword of vengeance: Amazons in the Middle Ages -- The net of fantasy -- The confrontation -- The philosophes and the might of the pen -- The agony and the exorcism: the nineteenth-century battle -- Understanding them/joining them -- Postscript: the Amazon and the feminist |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 229-232 |
| Subject |
Amazons in literature.
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Amazons.
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Sex role.
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| LC no. |
82007781 |
| ISBN |
0070350337 |
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