The Hero in Contemporary American Fiction : The Works of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
American Literature Readings in the 21st Century
ISBN-10
1403983887
ISBN-13
9781403983886
Publisher
Palgrave USA
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 9th, 2008
Print length
223 Pages
Weight
414 grams
Dimensions
14.80 x 22.40 x 2.00 cms
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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."
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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