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The hero and the perennial journey home in American film
- Title
- The hero and the perennial journey home in American film / Susan Mackey-Kallis.
- Author
- Mackey-Kallis, Susan.
- Publication
- Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2001], ©2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.H54 M33 2001 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 259 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Introduction -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. 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 -- Pt. III. Synthesis. 8. The Star Wars Trilogy. 9. Myth, the Contemporary Moment, and the Future.
- ISBN
- 0812236068 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0812217683 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 00069950
- OCLC
- ocm45707710
- SCSB-4165182
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries