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Paperback The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film Book

ISBN: 0812217683

ISBN13: 9780812217681

The Hero and the Perennial Journey Home in American Film

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In contemporary America, myths find expression primarily in film. What's more, many of the highest-grossing American movies of the past several decades have been rooted in one of the most fundamental mythic narratives, the hero quest. Why is the hero quest so persistently renewed and retold? In what ways does this universal myth manifest itself in American cinema? And what is the significance of the popularity of these modern myths?

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