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American fantastic : myths of violence and redemption / Derek J. Thiess.
Van Pelt Library PS374.S734 T45 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thiess, Derek, 1981- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speculative fiction, American--Themes, motives.
- Speculative fiction, American.
- Speculative fiction, American--History and criticism.
- Violence in literature.
- Colonization in literature.
- Myth in literature.
- Violence--Religious aspects.
- Violence.
- Colonization--Religious aspects.
- Colonization.
- Physical Description:
- v, 199 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, [2025]
- Contents:
- Violence and redemption at the edge: SF sport and moʻolelo nalu
- Closer to center: the Franklin Expedition, myth, and the mmbodied horrors of history
- Myth and violence on the homefront: the John Henry legend
- "Only the Devil and I": pirates, missionaries, and the Blackbeard legend
- Bootstraps and pederasts: child protectionism and the Horatio Alger myth
- From defecation to deification: religion and empire in torture porn.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780299355104
- 0299355101
- OCLC:
- 1504205955
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