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Re-visioning of the heroic journey in postmodern literature : Toni Morrison, Julia Alvarez, Arthur Miller, and American beauty
- Title
- Re-visioning of the heroic journey in postmodern literature : Toni Morrison, Julia Alvarez, Arthur Miller, and American beauty / Leslie Goss Erickson.
- Author
- Erickson, Leslie Goss.
- Publication
- Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2006], ©2006.
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| Text | Request in advance | PS169.H4 E75 2006g | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- iii, 246 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-243) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : "the power of myth" : transformational tools for postmodern heroes -- Ch. 1. Marginalized heroes : an integral approach to Toni Morrison's everyday heroes in Song of Solomon -- Ch. 2. In the shadow of Salome : woman's heroic journey in Julia Alvarez's In the name of Salome -- Ch. 3. From innocent to magician : Biff's journey at autonomy in Arthur Miller's Death of a salesman -- Ch. 4. Lester Burnham and company : the post post-modern anti anti-heroes of American beauty -- App. Models of the heroic journey.
- ISBN
- 0773459111
- LCCN
- 2005056239
- 9780773459113
- OCLC
- OCM62302577
- SCSB-5246999
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries