Superman in myth and folklore
By: Daniel Peretti
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781496814586
Subjects: Superheroes in art; Superheroes in literature; Heroes in mass media
Description: "How the Man of Steel leapt from panels and storyboards into folklore and myth"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface :; title: Why Superman? --; title: Superman and the Folkloristic Perspective --; title: Three Cases --; title: Truth Means Many Things --; title: Celebrating Superman --; title: Metafolklore and Superman Humor --; title: Morality --; title: Mythological Considerations.