xi, 422 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references ([359]-408) and index.
Contents
Sunset Boulevard -- Possibilities for Penelope -- Goddesses revealed and obscured: story of Sappho and Phaon -- Wife of Bath as historical prototype -- Aging women, power, and sexuality: from the Wife of Bath to the witch -- Eroticized young male and women's response -- Nineteenth century: Margaret Fuller and Colette - continental and Anglo-American comparisons -- Twentieth century: menopause and its meaning -- Aging and ethnicity: goddesses reconsidered.