Heartbreakers - by J Hendin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>From Medea to Goneril to Sharon Stone's ice-pick murderer to Susan Smith, the image of the violent woman has fascinated readers and audiences. Josephine Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman and argues that a violent woman is a grenade pitched towards both conservative and liberal views of women.<BR><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>From Medea to Goneril to Sharon Stone's ice-pick murderer to Susan Smith, the image of the violent woman has fascinated readers and audiences in a way that other figures have not. Jo Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman in her latest book where she argues that a violent woman is a grenade pitched towards both conservative and liberal views of women. Peopled with some of the most fascinating women in history, both real and imagined, Heartbreakers is a thought-provoking read.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'The same as reading a very edgy novel; you want to do it with the lights on and the doors locked. Recommended for all academic libraries.' - Marka Kochis, California State University Library, in The Library Journal</p><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>JOSEPHINE HENDIN is Professor of English and Tiro A Segno Professor of Italian American Studies at New York University. Her novel, <em>The Right Thing To Do</em>, won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation in 1988-1989 and was reprinted by The Feminist Press in 1999. She is the author of <em>The World of Flannery O'Connor</em> and <em>Vulnerable People: A View of American Fiction Since 1945</em>. She has received a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship and the Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Award as a leading Italian American scholar. Her literary essays have appeared in <em>The New Republic</em>, <em>Harper's Magazine</em>, <em>American Literary History</em>, and other publications.
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