Myth of the Superhero

Informationen zum Autor Marco Arnaudo is an associate professor of Italian and director of graduate studies in Italian at Indiana University. He has published several books in Italian, including Il trionfo di Vertunno: Illusioni ottiche e cultura a letteraria nell’Etàdella Controriforma. Best suited for students of literary studies looking for cultural and ideological analysis; the general reader will glean useful insight into Superman's psyche. Library Journal 2013 Zusammenfassung Translated for the first time into English! The Myth of the Superhero looks beyond the cape! the mask! and the superpowers! presenting a serious study of the genre and its place in a broader cultural context.

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• Authors: Marco Arnaudo, Marco (Indiana University Arnaudo, Marco/ Richards Arnaudo, ARNAUDO MARCO RICHARDS JAMIE T
• Assisted by: Jamie Richards (Translation), Jamie (University of Oregon) Richards (Translation)
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.05.2013
• EAN: 9781421409108
• ISBN: 978-1-4214-0910-8
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Graphic Novel / Comic: Super-Helden und Super-Schurken, Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Superheroes