| Description |
vi, 216 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Filmography: pages [199]-204. |
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Includes bibliographical references pages [205]-208) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Journey begins -- ch. 1. In the beginning -- ch. 2. Reading the novel and the film -- pt. 2. Knights and heroes -- ch. 3. Hope springs eternal -- "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank redemption" by Stephen King -- ch. 4. Search for laughter -- One flew over the cuckoo's nest by Ken Kesey -- ch. 5. Romantic heroes never die -- Shane by Jack Schaefer -- pt. 3. Rites of passage -- ch. 6. Return to matriarchy -- Color purple by Alice Walker -- ch. 7. Finding yourself in a lost world -- English patient by Michael Ondaatje -- ch. 8. Steep hills of Thalia, Texas -- Last picture show by Larry McMurtry -- pt. 4. Morality and magic -- ch. 9. "Good" politician is hard to find -- All the king's men by Robert Penn Warren -- ch. 10. Heaven comes to Iowa -- Shoeless Joe/Field of dreams by W.P. Kinsella -- ch. 11. Finding morality in a bullring -- Sun also rises by Ernest Hemingway -- ch. 12. Politics and the public -- Being there by Jerzy Kosinski -- pt. 5. Closure. |
| Subject |
Myth in motion pictures.
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Mythology in motion pictures.
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Myth in literature.
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Mythology in literature.
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| ISBN |
0275967573 alkaline paper |
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0275968138 paperback alkaline paper |
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