The Dawning of Twilight: The Rise of the Female Protagonist

Explore the journey of the female protagonist in fantasy literature through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first in The Dawning of Twilight: The Rise of the Female Protagonist. A comparative stufy of four landmark fantasy novels, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, The Golden Compass, and Twilight, the traits and characteristics of the heroines and their quests are analyzed, along with the progression toward a more active and dynamic protagonist that reflected the social and cultural changes of the emerging twenty-first centruy. Discover the many faces of the female protagonist and how she has evolved along her journey from the prairies of Kansas to the forests of Washington.