The Heroine with 1001 Faces
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- Update Date：2025-09-06
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- Author：Maria Tatar
- ISBN：1631498819
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Reviews
Sacha
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Thanks to NetGalley and Liveright for this arc， which I received in exchange for an honest review。 Here is that review: 4 stars I haven't been this nerdy and excited for a book in a long， LONG time。 As a regular professor of courses on folklore， mythology， and children's literature， I am extremely familiar with Tatar's scholarship。。。and Joseph Campbell's _The Hero with a Thousand Faces_。 This book is really the missing piece I've been waiting for my whole career。 Campbell's work largely excludes Thanks to NetGalley and Liveright for this arc， which I received in exchange for an honest review。 Here is that review: 4 stars I haven't been this nerdy and excited for a book in a long， LONG time。 As a regular professor of courses on folklore， mythology， and children's literature， I am extremely familiar with Tatar's scholarship。。。and Joseph Campbell's _The Hero with a Thousand Faces_。 This book is really the missing piece I've been waiting for my whole career。 Campbell's work largely excludes women， unless they are filling the most basic and binary roles， so even the title of this text is refreshing。 Tatar comes off - as usual - as deeply knowledgeable not only about folklore and mythology but also about the numerous texts from which the examples are drawn。 The greatest use for this text is going to be as source material for undergraduate and graduate students looking to work through newer texts - or older texts in more modern ways - and to access an update on Campbell's original construct。 What will work so well for students here is the same feature that might tire readers like me， who geek out over stuff like this for pleasure: the lengthy summaries of various exemplary texts。 Readers who hate spoilers or those who prefer more theory and fewer examples may find themselves frustrated by the structure。 As much as this situation irritated me at times， I also couldn't help but realize how useful it will be for students。 They won't have to know all of these works independently to contextualize the concepts or their own scholarship。 This choice reflects Tatar's focus on the correct audience。 One area I do find lacking here is attention to a broader definition of "women。" In the current TERF laden territory， there's a missed opportunity to do better with the expansive and inclusive examples and constructs around gender。 I am grateful this book exists and have already been touting its certain usefulness to students even pre-publication。 It won't be a fun read for everyone who finds the subject interesting， but it will fill a longstanding gap and serve many， MANY students well for years to come。 。。。more
Kidlitter
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A DRC was provided by Edelweiss in exchange for a fair and trumpet-sounding review。How often does a critical work change how we fundamentally read？ Tatar has done it with her latest book， a readable tome that provides as much drama and epiphanies as any wok of fiction can。 This will be a useful and inspiring text to have students read alongside Campbell's Hero。 Tatar reexamines many myths from across world cultures and brings in some contemporary stories that have assumed classic status。 Angie T A DRC was provided by Edelweiss in exchange for a fair and trumpet-sounding review。How often does a critical work change how we fundamentally read？ Tatar has done it with her latest book， a readable tome that provides as much drama and epiphanies as any wok of fiction can。 This will be a useful and inspiring text to have students read alongside Campbell's Hero。 Tatar reexamines many myths from across world cultures and brings in some contemporary stories that have assumed classic status。 Angie Thomas， Suzanne Collins and Agatha Christie have equal place with Greek and Indo myth， with medieval and Renaissance celebrations of the hero's journey。 Tatar counters with an examination of how women's experience， whether through domestic toil， craft art， furtive scribblings or outright rebellion， can recast how all of us can transform how we view half of the world's population。 Not just a new canon， but a new vision of all canon。 The reader won't only view Star Wars differently; they'll have a new lens that hopefully will be used with future reading。 Canny Angela Carter and wise Toni Morrison saw it coming， and we say it is good - and long overdue。 。。。more
Elizabeth
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As seen in the Atlantic: https://www。theatlantic。com/magazine/。。。 As seen in the Atlantic: https://www。theatlantic。com/magazine/。。。 。。。more
Elizabeth Chandler
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This book was long overdue and I thank Maria Tatar for writing it！ For those who have recognized the silencing of women especially those who have suffered trauma this is for you。 I could relate to this book so much more than the original tales of “great deeds” such as Odysseus。 Filling in and bringing to light the other half of tales （and the other 50% of society） this title almost had me at tears in some places。 It also highlights the changes our heroines have undergone and continue to undergo。 This book was long overdue and I thank Maria Tatar for writing it！ For those who have recognized the silencing of women especially those who have suffered trauma this is for you。 I could relate to this book so much more than the original tales of “great deeds” such as Odysseus。 Filling in and bringing to light the other half of tales （and the other 50% of society） this title almost had me at tears in some places。 It also highlights the changes our heroines have undergone and continue to undergo。 This book is one more step on a path to having equality in our books， stories， and entertainment！ 。。。more
Dani C
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I received The Heroine with 1001 Faces as an ARC for review。 All opinions are my own。 Tatar approaches 1001 Faces as what I assume was meant to be a rebuttal on Joseph Campbell's The Hero with 1000 Faces。 But 1001 Faces turns out to be a delightful companion， in my opinion， to Campbell's book。 While Campbell focuses on the masculine journey toward heroism， Tatar explores how women have been forgotten or pigeon-holed into a fate that doesn't allow them to be heroes themselves。 Her refreshing pers I received The Heroine with 1001 Faces as an ARC for review。 All opinions are my own。 Tatar approaches 1001 Faces as what I assume was meant to be a rebuttal on Joseph Campbell's The Hero with 1000 Faces。 But 1001 Faces turns out to be a delightful companion， in my opinion， to Campbell's book。 While Campbell focuses on the masculine journey toward heroism， Tatar explores how women have been forgotten or pigeon-holed into a fate that doesn't allow them to be heroes themselves。 Her refreshing perspective on tales from Greek and Roman mythology up to more recent authors' creating female heroes and retelling mythological stories with the women's voices provides readers with questions to ask themselves as they explore modern storytelling。 Who are the women and what are their roles in this story？ Do they have the ability to grow or be more than a shallow side character？ What are readers told about these characters （and what are they not told）？ These questions and many more lead one to better see and critique when female voices are being silenced or groomed away from being as full， complex， and detailed as male voices are - resulting in the continuation of women fighting for their rights around the world today。 Stories have power。 And Tatar does an excellent job showing just how stories have taken power away from women。。。and how women can gain some of that power back。 。。。more
Tracie
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Heroines in myths， fairy tales， literature， and films did not always have the opportunity to go on great journeys as their male counterparts。 They quietly sought justice and righted wrongs without all the muscle of Achilles or powers of Zeus。 Heroines are now demanding makeovers， evolving and challenging authority， while still being curious and caring。 Ms。 Tatar discusses abducted and abused mythical Greek women and women's stories as portrayed in tapestries， sewing， and spinning。 She moves on t Heroines in myths， fairy tales， literature， and films did not always have the opportunity to go on great journeys as their male counterparts。 They quietly sought justice and righted wrongs without all the muscle of Achilles or powers of Zeus。 Heroines are now demanding makeovers， evolving and challenging authority， while still being curious and caring。 Ms。 Tatar discusses abducted and abused mythical Greek women and women's stories as portrayed in tapestries， sewing， and spinning。 She moves on to how the wisdom in "old wives' tales" was discredited and degraded as the gossip of women。 and the storytelling of ordinary folk。 There are then discussions of the works of Louisa May Alcott， Betty Smith， LM Montgomery， and the detectives， Nancy Drew and Miss Marple and others。 Closer to the present she discusses The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and the young warrior woman， Katniss in the Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins。 Wonder Woman makes an appearance and films are covered as well。 There is a large amount of women's history and literature by women and men in this book that will perhaps make readers reread the stories they read before from a different perspective。 Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for a honest review。 。。。more
Janet
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A scholarly examination of what being a heroine means and how this has evolved over time。 This book is in part a response to Joseph Campbell's work on the hero and his belief that a woman's role was at home nurturing the hero。 The chapters are themed and include ones on fairly tales， rape and seduction， finding a voice， curiosity and detection， with examples from Eve to Jo Marsh to Nancy Drew and Lisbeth Salander。 I must admit that the book wasn't what I thought it was going to be。 The 1001 in t A scholarly examination of what being a heroine means and how this has evolved over time。 This book is in part a response to Joseph Campbell's work on the hero and his belief that a woman's role was at home nurturing the hero。 The chapters are themed and include ones on fairly tales， rape and seduction， finding a voice， curiosity and detection， with examples from Eve to Jo Marsh to Nancy Drew and Lisbeth Salander。 I must admit that the book wasn't what I thought it was going to be。 The 1001 in the title implied something more accessible。 I found this book at times repetitive and dry but the later chapters were a little more interesting。I received a free review copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for my honest and unedited review。 。。。more
Maia
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