Mythic Women & Real Women

Lizbeth Goodman, Lecturer in Literature at the Open University, has carefully selected the pieces around the notion of 'real' and 'mythic' women and her comprehesive intrdouction illustrates the diversity of form and content in the work, explores the relationship between gender and power, and considers ways in which women are looked at and look at themselves both in writing and in performance

Mythic Women/Real Women provides a wealth of performance pieces for women as well as being a provocative and fascinating primer for women's studies and theatre studies courses