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100 1  Aguiar, Sarah Appleton,|d1957-|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/names/n00037050 
245 14 The bitch is back :|bwicked women in literature /|cSarah 
       Appleton Aguiar. 
264  1 Carbondale :|bSouthern Illinois University Press,|c[2001] 
264  4 |c©2001 
300    viii, 173 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-165) and 
       index. 
505 0  Introduction: The season of the bitch. -- To arche the 
       type or not to arche the type. -- The male perspective. --
       Women reading and women writing the bitch. -- Revising the
       literary history. -- The art of becoming the bitch. -- 
       Syzygy. -- Coda: The bitch code. 
520    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. 
530    Also issued online. 
650  0 American fiction|xHistory and criticism.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007101041 
650  0 Women in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85147587 
650  0 Feminism and literature|zEnglish-speaking countries.
       |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103668 
650  0 Women and literature|zEnglish-speaking countries.|0https:/
       /id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008113585 
650  0 English literature|xHistory and criticism.|0https://
       id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043833 
650  0 Villains in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/
       subjects/sh85143359 
650  0 Good and evil in literature.|0https://id.loc.gov/
       authorities/subjects/sh94004490 
650  7 American fiction.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       807048 
650  7 Women in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1177912 
650  7 Feminism and literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/922735 
650  7 Women and literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       1177093 
650  7 English literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/fast/
       911989 
650  7 Villains in literature.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org/
       fast/1166998 
650  7 Good and evil in literature.|2fast|0https://
       id.worldcat.org/fast/944908 
651  7 English-speaking countries.|2fast|0https://id.worldcat.org
       /fast/1261775 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aAguiar, Sarah Appleton, 1957-|tBitch is
       back.|dCarbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 
       c2001|w(OCoLC)606480849 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy0729/00039506-d.html 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy0729/00039506-b.html 
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