In Search of the Woman Warrior: Four Mythical Archetypes for Modern Women [Hardcover]

Richard J. Lane (Author), Jay Wurts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1998

Following in the footsteps of the groundbreaking "Women Who Run with Wolves", this book continues the quest to reveal the strong female archetype present in so much of what we learn and what we know. The book includes a Woman Warrior questionnaire to help all women determine which of four archetypes best reflect who they are now--and what they can aspire to.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 314 pages
• Publisher: Element Books Ltd; 1st edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1862043132
• ISBN-13: 978-1862043138
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,010,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but these guys need a better editor!, January 4, 2000

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Lauryn Angel-cann (Frisco, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In Search of the Woman Warrior: Four Mythical Archetypes for Modern Women (Hardcover)

The content of this book was interesting, but the thing that really stood out for me was the number of grammatical errors, particularly in subject-verb agreement and apostrophe use. In some cases, the errors were so egregious that I had to read the sentence two or three times to figure out what the authors meant. Everybody makes mistakes, but in the publishing world, that's what editors are for! I hope some of these mistakes are caught before the paperback printing.

Complaint aside, I did find the book rather interesting. I learned a fair amount about feminine figures in myth, history, and literature, although a majority of the figures covered are pretty well-known to most people. I also learned a bit about myself, via the warrior-type quiz at the back of the book.

The final thing I would like to note about this book is that the title is a bit of a misnomer. The authors spend almost as much time discussing male warrior archetypes as they do female archetypes. I understand that this is necessary in order to create a precedent on which to build the female archetypes, but then why is the warrior-type quiz and the chaper explaining how to interpret your results written towards both men and women? If the authors expect men to benefit from this study as well as women, then maybe they should change the title to reflect this.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It Hit The Nail On The Head!!!, July 27, 1999

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Pamela ([e-mail]) (Jackson, Tennessee) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In Search of the Woman Warrior: Four Mythical Archetypes for Modern Women (Hardcover)

This book is fantastic. Not only does it give a in-depth history of Women Warriors, it also takes the historical characters and relates them to present day women. The personality quizes in the back tie it all together helping you to realize which warrior personality you have and how that fits in to your daily life.