Regenerating the Feminine: Psyche, Culture, and Nature

by April C. Heaslip, Dennis Patrick Slattery (Foreword by)

Overview

An exciting study that aims to trace the resurgence of the feminine archetype in literature and film

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496856975
Publisher:	University Press of Mississippi
Publication date:	08/15/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284

About the Author

April C. Heaslip is a mythologist, educator, and artist. Her work has been published in journals and edited collections such as Myths Shattered and Restored: Proceedings of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology; Evolving God–Images: Essays on Religion, Individuation, and Postmodern Spirituality; and more.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Dennis Patrick Slattery
Introduction: Questing: With and for the Feminine
Chapter 1: Locating the Feminine: The Impoverishing Loss of the Bride and Quest to Find Her
Chapter 2: Giving Away the Bride? Joseph Campbell, the S/Hero’s Journey, and the Grail Quest
Chapter 3: Bridal Agency: How Women’s Literary Fiction and Memoir Crash the (Patriarchal) Wedding
Chapter 4: Exiled and Underground: The Lost Bride in European Fairy Tales
Chapter 5: Watching the Detectives: Regenerative Individuation via Tricky Sleuthing
Chapter 6: The Recessional: Regenerative Practices in Support of Bridal Questing
Works Cited and Consulted
Index