In this quietly provocative book, Carolyn G. Heilbrun opens our eyes to the ways in which the concept of androgyny—the realization of man in woman and woman in man—has run, like a hidden river, from its source in pre-Hellenic myth through the literature of the Western world. The androgynous ideal shows itself to be a creative and civilizing force conducive to the survival of a truly human society.
| ISBN: | 9780393310627 |
| Publication date: | 27th August 1993 |
| Author: | Carolyn G Heilbrun |
| Publisher: | WW Norton & Co |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general |