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Author Peretti, Daniel, author.

Title Superman in myth and folklore / Daniel Peretti
Published Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 190 pages)
Contents Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE: WHY SUPERMAN? -- 1: SUPERMAN AND THE FOLKLORISTIC PERSPECTIVE -- 2: THREE CASES -- 3: TRUTH MEANS MANY THINGS -- 4: CELEBRATING SUPERMAN -- 5: METAFOLKLORE AND SUPERMAN HUMOR -- 6: MORALITY -- 7: MYTHOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X
Summary "How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 03, 2019)
Subject Superman (Fictitious character)
SUBJECT Superman (Fictitious character) fast
Subject Superheroes in literature.
Superheroes in art.
Heroes in mass media.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Comics & Graphic Novels.
ART -- Techniques -- Drawing.
Heroes in mass media
Superheroes in art
Superheroes in literature
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017019568
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