Millennial mythmaking : essays on the power of science fiction and fantasy literature, films and games /

"These nine essays from a variety of disciplines expand upon the writings of Joseph Campbell. Modern examples of myths from various sources such as Planet of the Apes, Wicked, Pan's Labyrinth,and Spirited Away; the Harry Potter series; and Second Life are analyzed as creative mythology and...

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Other Authors: Perlich, John R., Whitt, David
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]
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505 0 |a Sorting heroic choices: green and red in the Harry Potter septology / Kirstin Cronn-Mills and Jessica Samens -- The complexity of evil in modern mythology: the evolution of the wicked witch of the West / Jason Edwards and Brian Klosa -- Polysemous myth: incongruity in Planet of the apes / Richard Besel and Reneé Smith Besel -- The hero with the thousand-and-first face: Miyazaki's girl quester in Spirited away and Campbell's Monomyth / Dee Geortz -- The odyssey of Madame Souza: a heroine's quest in The triplets of Belleville / David Whitt -- Rethinking the monomyth: Pan's labyrinth and the face of a new hero(ine) / John Perlich -- Actors and their mythic heroes: from the doctor to Captain Kirk / Djoymi Baker -- Running free in Angelina Jolie's virtual body: the myth of the new frontier and gender liberaton in Second life / Ellen Gorsevski -- So where do I go from here? Ghost in the shell and imagining cyborg mythology for the new millennium / Jay Scott Chipman. 
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