I am legend as American myth : race and masculinity in the novel and its film adaptations /

Richard Matheson's 1954 novel I Am Legend has spawned a series of horror and science fiction films. This reexamination of Matheson's novel situates the tale of one man's attitude about killing racialized "others" within its orginal post-World War II context. The author analy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ransom, Amy J., 1964- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
Subjects:	Matheson, Richard. > I am legend. Matheson, Richard > Film adaptations. I am legend (Motion picture) Race in literature. Masculinity in literature. Race in motion pictures. Masculinity in motion pictures.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: I am legends: adapting Richard Matheson's last man novel to the screen
Richard Matheson's I am legend: the trauma of World War II and the decline of western "right"
Visualizing apocalypse through compromised masculinity: Vincent Price as the last man on Earth
The last white man on earth: Charlton Heston in The omega man
The color of the new hero: Will Smith in I am legend
Conclusion: I am legend as American myth.