Myth and Ritual in Women's Detective Fiction
Jackson, Christine A.![Myth and Ritual in Women's Detective Fiction](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/140/1406494/CHSBZCOP031406494.jpg)
The relationship between traditional myths and fairytales and current fiction novels featuring women as crime-solvers is examined in this work. Using theories from Joseph Campbell, C.G. Jung and others, the author asserts that plots and imagery in these novels conform to quest narratives outlined in classical myths and traditional fairytales. Narcissus, Medusa, Orpheus and Orestes are a few of the figures emerging in todays mystery fiction. Am...