Heartbreakers: Women and Violence in Contemporary Culture and Literature

From Medea to Goneril to Sharon Stone's ice pick murderer to Susan Smith, the image of the violent woman has fascinated readers and audiences in a way that other figures have not. Josephine Hendin looks at the figure of the violent woman and argues that a violent woman is a grenade pitched towards both conservative and liberal views of women. Peopled with some of the most fascinating women in history, both real and imagined, "Heartbreakers" is a thought-provoking read.