The hero and the perennial journey home in American film /

In contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero quest so persistently renewed and retold? In...

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Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Mackey-Kallis, Susan
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press ©2001.
Online adgang:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt3fhs7s
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • pt. 1. Mythological criticism
  • pt. 2. Mythological criticism in sociohistorical context
  • pt. 3. Synthesis.