Mutants & Mystics : : Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Orientation: from India to the planet Mars -- Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien -- Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities -- Mutation: X-men before their time -- Realization: reading the paranormal writing us -- Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us -- The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber -- Toward a soul-sized story.
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PUBLISHED
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: xvii, 370 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780226453835
0226453839
SUBJECTS
Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism.
Superheroes in literature.
Occultism in literature.
Science fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, American -- History and criticism.
Myth in literature.
Literature and myth.