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Control # 1 2016012698
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20190911110935.0
Fixed Data 8 160609s2016 ncu bq 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2016012698
ISBN 20    $a9781476662480$q(print)
ISBN 20    $z9781476625188$q(ebook)
Obsolete 39    $a318373$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
LC Call 50 00 $aPN6725$b.B27 2016
Dewey Class 82 00 $a741.5/97 3$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aBahlmann, Andrew R.,$d1979-$eauthor.
Title 245 14 $aThe mythology of the superhero /$cAndrew R. Bahlmann.
Tag 264 264  1 $aJefferson, North Carolina :$bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,$c[2016]
Phys Descrpt 300    $aix, 203 pages ;$c23 cm
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index.
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes filmography.
Note:Content 505 $aIntroduction: superheroes as a new mythology -- Building a framework: the lexicon of superhero mythology -- Green Arrow as an exemplar of the superhero myth structure -- Buffy Summers and the superhero myth: reading a popular culture icon through a mythological lens -- Finding the superhero: reading SyFy's Alphas through the mythological lexicon -- The superhero before the superhero: finding superhero mythology in the Old English Beowulf -- The superheroic structure: examining the mythological character of the superhero -- Appendix: superhero tropes.
Abstract 520    $a"Superheroes have been an integral part of popular society for decades and have developed a collective mythology familiar in popular culture worldwide. Though scholars and fans have recognized and commented on this mythology, its structure has gone largely unexplored. This book provides a model and lexicon for identifying the superhero mythos."--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aComic books, strips, etc$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSuperheroes.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aClassical literature$xInfluence.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aSuperheroes in literature.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aHeroes in literature.