In this quietly provocative book, Carolyn G. Heilbrun opens our eyes to the ways in which the concept of androgyny—the realization of man in woman and woman in man—has run, like a hidden river, from its source in pre-Hellenic myth through the literature of the Western world. The androgynous ideal shows itself to be a creative and civilizing force conducive to the survival of a truly human society.
- ISBN10 0393310620
- ISBN13 9780393310627
- Publish Date 27 August 1993
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 30 March 2004
- Publish Country US
- Imprint WW Norton & Co
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English