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• Publisher : JHU Press
• File Size : 31,9 Mb
• Release Date : 01 May 2013

Translated for the first time into English, The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape, the mask, and the superpowers, presenting a serious study of the genre and its

• Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
• File Size : 34,5 Mb
• Release Date : 09 June 2024

As the nation seems to yearn for redemption from the evils that threaten its tranquility, the authors maintain that Joseph Campbell's monomythic hero is alive and well, but significantly displaced,

• Publisher : McFarland
• File Size : 35,9 Mb
• Release Date : 27 April 2016

Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades and have given rise to a collective mythology familiar in popular culture worldwide. Though scholars and fans have recognized

• Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
• File Size : 48,6 Mb
• Release Date : 09 June 1994

A study of one of popular culture's superstars whose enchanting mystique pervades the modern world

• Publisher : A&C Black
• File Size : 23,6 Mb
• Release Date : 01 January 2004

Why are so many of the superhero myths tied up with loss, often violent, of parents or parental figures? What is the significance of the dual identity? What makes some

• Publisher : Chalice Press
• File Size : 32,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 April 2011

What makes someone a hero? In the early 1960's, the image of a superhero was someone with a square jaw, a muscular build, and a quick smile whose biggest personal

• Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
• File Size : 32,7 Mb
• Release Date : 06 December 2012

In the same way that Stallone and Schwarzenegger played film heroes who came to embody the values of Ronald Reagans aggressive conservative agenda in the 1980s, the 21st-century film narratives

• Publisher : University of Iowa Press
• File Size : 37,7 Mb
• Release Date : 01 November 2015

Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman’s appearance in Action Comics No. 1, but that Kryptonian rocket didn’t just drop out of the sky. By the time Superman’

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 55,7 Mb
• Release Date : 21 June 2013

Superhero fans are everywhere, from the teeming halls of Comic Con to suburban movie theaters, from young children captivated by their first comic books to the die-hard collectors of vintage

• Publisher : Peter Lang
• File Size : 35,7 Mb
• Release Date : 09 June 2024

And 1970s, and the dark and violent creatures who embody the pre- and post-millennial crises of faith. Lavishly illustrated, the articles come to startling conclusions about what we have really