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vii Contents Acknowledgements viii CHAPTER 1 • Beginnings 1 CHAPTER 2 • Female Figures and Poetic Strategies 22 CHAPTER 3 • Imagining History 38 CHAPTER 4 • Fictive Women: Myth and Folklore 60 CHAPTER 5 • Women and the Sacred 81 CHAPTER 6 • Place and Presence 108 CHAPTER 7 • Transformation and Translation 128 CHAPTER 8 • Conclusions 150 Endnotes 157 Select Bibliography 173 ...

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