At 14:14 9/24/97 -0900, you wrote:
>On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Lesley Hall wrote:
>
>> But I can't think of many messiah-novels in which the messiah is female
(it's
>> only one story in the aforementioned), even by women (maybe Parable of the
>> Sower): perhaps messianism as such is not something women aspire to? or
>> actually find a rather dubious proposition. (Thinking of the forces male
>> messiahs unleash in fiction and fact)
>
> Suzette Haden Elgin's STAR-ANGERED, STAR-ANCHORED has a female
Messiah.>
>
>Patricia (Pat) Mathews
>mathews@unm.edu
>
What about James Morrow's ONLY BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER?
Martha Bartter
Truman State University
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