Women Who Run with the Wolves

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1992

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Introduction-Chapter 2

Chapters 3-5

Chapters 6-8

Chapters 9-10

Chapters 11-13

Chapters 14-16

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Essay Topics

Explain the ways in which “La Loba” and “The Wolf’s Eyelash” are companion pieces. How do they bookend the book’s overall structure and the journey toward becoming a Wild Woman?

Define the concept of the dark predator. Give examples of this character in various folktales.

What is the Wild Woman archetype? What purpose does it serve in female psychology?