The Hero in Contemporary American Fiction : The Works of Saul Bellow and Don Delillo

S. Halldorson

ISBN 10: 1349539384 / ISBN 13: 9781349539383

Edité par Palgrave Macmillan Us Apr 2008, 2008

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Neuware - This book sets out to write nothing short of a new theory of the heroic for today's world. It delves into the 'why' of the hero as a natural companion piece to the 'how' of the hero as written by Northrop Frye and Joseph Campbell over half a century ago. The novels of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo serve as an anchor to the theory as it challenges our notions of what is heroic about nymphomaniacs, Holocaust survivors, spurious academics, cult followers, terrorists, celebrities, photographers and writers of novels who all attempt to claim the right to be 'hero.'.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Hero in Contemporary American Fiction : The Works of Saul Bellow and Don Delillo
• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan Us Apr 2008
• Date de parution: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1349539384
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781349539383
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 216 L x 140 H x 14 P (en millimètres) 216 millimètres de largeur par 140 millimètres de hauteur par 14 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 308 grammes

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Synopsis

This book sets out to write nothing short of a new theory of the heroic for today's world. It delves into the "why" of the hero as a natural companion piece to the "how" of the hero as written by Northrop Frye and Joseph Campbell over half a century ago. The novels of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo serve as an anchor to the theory as it challenges our notions of what is heroic about nymphomaniacs, Holocaust survivors, spurious academics, cult followers, terrorists, celebrities, photographers and writers of novels who all attempt to claim the right to be "hero."

À propos de l?auteur

Stephanie S. Halldorson is an independent scholar.