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15 paź 2018 · If you're looking for some extremely nasty women this October, then look no further: here are a few of the greatest female monsters that literature has to offer.
This is a list of female monsters in literature: Before 1900. Antiquity (until fifth century AD) Greek mythology. Amphitrite, an oceanid or nereid and wife of Poseidon. Callirrhoe, an oceanid and wife of Poseidon. Doris, an oceanid and mother of the Nereids. Echidna, half-woman and half-snake. Electra, an oceanid and mother of the Harpies.
13 wrz 2022 · Monsters, Mothers, Mulieres: A Reading List on The Women of Classical Antiquity Five stories of ambitious empresses, fearsome gladiators, and ordinary working-class residents — glimmering snapshots of the female experience in the classical world.
31 mar 2021 · Female monsters represent “the bedtime stories patriarchy tells itself,” reinforcing expectations about women’s bodies and behavior, argues journalist and critic Jess Zimmerman in Women and Other...
31 mar 2022 · From Medusa and Lamia to Scylla and the Sirens, Ancient Greek mythology abounds with terrifying female monsters, marked by their bodily hybridity – part human, part not. But what were the gender politics that resulted in monstrosity being linked with human femininity?
2 paź 2024 · Looking back to the 1930s, the monstrous-feminine frequently emerged in supernatural and science fiction narratives, conjuring classic monsters such as Elsa Lanchester’s embodiment of the titular Bride of Frankenstein (1935).
The Story of GROWL by Judy Horacek (2007): Growl, a young female monster; Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead (2007–10): Lissa, Jill and Rose, vampires; The Host by Stephenie Meyer (2008): Wanderer, a female parasitic alien implanted into the body of a human woman
