Toward a Recognition of Androgyny

by Carolyn G. Heilbrun

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393310620
• ISBN13: 9780393310627
• Release Date: August 1982
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"