Very interesting language and gender/Literature crossover article on anit-heroines from The Guardian that I picked up from Angelica's (A2) blog.
My fave anti-heroines are (totally co-incidentally) Morgaine in 'The Mists of Avalon' by (the late, great) Marion Zimmer Bradley (I have over 30 books of hers) and Morgaine in the series 'The Chronicles of Morgaine' by CJ Cherryh. I loved both of those at your age so maybe you would enjoy them too (the first is based on the legend of King Arthur, the second is world-spanning sci-fi (feels more like fantasy to me but is technically science fiction) but really grounded in the characters of Morgaine and Vanye, who are a brilliant odd couple).
What makes an anti-whatever? Can we use 'hero' for both like we do for 'actor', or is there a distinction in the qualities implied by the two terms (think about what 'actress' implies and why it has been dropped by many female actors and publications - even in my 20s, The Stage used to call for actors, male and female)? What would be the connotations for anti-hero and anti-heroine if you asked separately? There may be an investigation in there!
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