The monomyth in American science fiction films : 28 visions of the hero's journey / Donald E. Palumbo.
"This study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero and discusses the use of this versatile narrative in 26 films and two television shows produced between 1960 and 2009, including Star Wars, The Time Machine, Logan's Run, Escape from New York, Tron, The Terminator...
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| Series: | Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;
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| 246 | 3 | |a Monomyth in American science fiction films : |b twenty-eight visions of the hero's journey | |
| 264 | 1 | |a Jefferson, North Carolina : |b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, |c [2014] | |
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| 490 | 1 | |a Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ; |v 48 | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes filmography. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction: on Joseph Campbell's monomyth and the hero with a thousand faces -- George Lucas' original Star wars trilogy -- Before (and a little after) a new hope: The time machine, Logan's run, and Time after time -- Early '80s cult films: Escape from New York, Tron, Dreamscape, and The last starfighter -- Dune: Herbert's novels, Lynch's film, and the SCIFI channel's two miniseries -- The terminator: Sarah Connor and Kyle Reese as a composite hero -- Back to the future: science fiction film comedy as adolescent wish fulfillment fantasy -- Red pills, problematic realities, metaphorical dreams, and the monomyth in Total recall and The matrix -- Celebrating a formula: the first ten Star trek films -- Star trek rebooted: J.J. Abrams' Star trek. | |
| 520 | |a "This study examines the monomyth in the context of Campbell's The Hero and discusses the use of this versatile narrative in 26 films and two television shows produced between 1960 and 2009, including Star Wars, The Time Machine, Logan's Run, Escape from New York, Tron, The Terminator, The Matrix, Star Trek, and Dune and Children of Dune"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
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