TY - BOOK ID - 9338132 TI - The bitch is back : wicked women in literature PY - 2001 SN - 0809323621 PB - Carbondale Southern Illinois University Press DB - UniCat KW - American fiction KW - English literature KW - Evil in literature. KW - Feminism and literature KW - Villains in literature. KW - Women and literature KW - Women in literature. KW - History and criticism. KW - Fiction KW - Sociology of literature KW - Sociology of the family. Sociology of sexuality KW - Literature KW - Literary criticism KW - Images of women KW - Book UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:9338132 AB - Aguiar, focusing on the traits and characteristics of the strong-willed female protagonist, analyzes over one hundred examples in a wide range of literature. Among the characters discussed are Zenia in Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride, Ruth Patchett in Fay Weldon's The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Sula in Toni Morrison's Sula, and Ginny in Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres. ER -