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The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001Copyright date: ©2001Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (270 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812200133
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American FilmLOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.H54 -- M33 2001eb
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Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: Mythological Criticism -- 2. The Perennial Journey Home -- 3. Reframing Homer's Odyssey -- 4. The Sacred Marriage Quest in American Film -- 5. The Father Quest in American Film -- PART II: Mythological Criticism in Sociohistorical Context -- 6. The Search for Home During the 1930s -- 7. Modern Challenges in the Home Quest: Reconciling Science and Technology with Humanity and Spirit -- PART III: Synthesis -- 8. The Star Wars Trilogy -- 9. Myth, the Contemporary Moment, and the Future -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.
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Cover -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- PART I: Mythological Criticism -- 2. The Perennial Journey Home -- 3. Reframing Homer's Odyssey -- 4. The Sacred Marriage Quest in American Film -- 5. The Father Quest in American Film -- PART II: Mythological Criticism in Sociohistorical Context -- 6. The Search for Home During the 1930s -- 7. Modern Challenges in the Home Quest: Reconciling Science and Technology with Humanity and Spirit -- PART III: Synthesis -- 8. The Star Wars Trilogy -- 9. Myth, the Contemporary Moment, and the Future -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Acknowledgments.

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