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Mutants & mystics : science fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal / Jeffrey J. Kripal.

Van Pelt Library PN6725 .K75 2011
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Kripal, Jeffrey J. (Jeffrey John), 1962- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Comic books, strips, etc--United States--History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc.
United States.
Superheroes in literature.
Occultism in literature.
Science fiction, American--History and criticism.
Science fiction, American.
Fantasy fiction, American--History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, American.
Myth in literature.
Literature and myth.
Physical Description:
xvii, 370 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Other Title:
Mutants and mystics
Place of Publication:
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Contents:
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.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780226453835
0226453839
OCLC:
701242570

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