She - Softcover

Haggard, H. Rider

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199536422 ISBN 13: 9780199536429

Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2008

Synopsis

'My empire is of the imagination.' These are the words of Ayesha, the mysterious white queen of a Central African tribe, whose dread title, 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', testifies to her undying beauty and magical powers; but they serve equally well to describe the hold of her author, Henry Rider Haggard, on generations of readers.
Writing 'at white heat', and in the flush of success after the publication of King Solomon's Mines, Haggard drew again on his knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, but also on something deeper and more disturbing. To the Englishmen who journey through shipwreck, fever, and cannibals to her hidden realm, 'She' is the goal of a quest bequeathed to them two thousand years before; to Haggard's readers, 'She' is the embodiment of one of the most potent and ambivalent figures of Western mythology, a female who is both monstrous and desirable - and, without question, deadlier than the male.

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"A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning." --Sigmund Freud

A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning. Sigmund Freud"

A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning. Sigmund Freud"

"A strange book . . . full of hidden meaning." --Sigmund Freud

About the Author

H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) worked in South Africa during the time of Britian's war with the Zulus and the First Boer War. He turned these experiences into fiction on his return to England and achieved popular and critical acclaim with KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1885), ALLAN QUATERMAIN (1887) and SHE (1887).

Patrick Brantlinger is Professor of English at Indiana University, Illinois. He has published work on British literature and imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199536422
• ISBN 13: 9780199536429
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Karlin Daniel