Female heroes in young adult fantasy fiction : reframing myths of adolescent girlhood / Leah Phillips.

The heroic romance is one of the West's most enduring narratives, found everywhere, from religion and myth to blockbuster films and young adult literature. Within this story, adolescent girls are not, and cannot be, the heroes. They are, at best, the hero's bride, a prize he wins for slayi...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Phillips, Leah (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Library of gender and popular culture.
Subjects:	Heroines in literature. Women heroes. Fantasy fiction. Popular culture.