Lost Ladies of Lit
A book podcast hosted by writing partners Amy Helmes and Kim Askew. Guests include biographers, journalists, authors, and cultural historians discussing lost classics by women writers. You can support Lost Ladies of Lit by visiting https://www.patreon.com/c/LostLadiesofLit339.
Lost Ladies of Lit
The Heroine's Journey ... Do We Need It?
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Exclusive access to premium content!Amy shares updates on previous book recommendations and contemplates how the ups and downs women encounter in life might differ from the archetypal “hero’s journey” described by Joseph Campbell. Jungian-oriented psychotherapist Maureen Murdock once suggested to Campbell that a more feminine perspective on his monomyth might be in order, and when he dismissed the notion, she addressed the question on her own, publishing The Heroine’s Journey in 1990. After briefly exploring this concept, Amy recounts her and Kim’s experience attending “Edward,” a one-man show that measures an ordinary life in an extraordinarily novel fashion.
Disregard First Book by Terry Martin Hekker
“Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth” with Bill Moyers
Joseph Campbell and The Hero’s Journey
The Heroine’s Journey by Maureen Murdock
Mary Davis’s interview with Maureen Murdock
The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington
“Why Motherhood is its own Odyssey” by Elissa Strauss
“Edward” by Ed Schmidt Theater
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