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The hero's journey / by Bloom, Harold.; Hobby, Blake.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.LSC
Subjects: Heroes in literature.; Travel in literature.;
© c2009., Infobase Pub.,
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Heroes : the champions of our literary imagination / by Meyer, Bruce,1957-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Heroes in literature; Literature;
© c2007., HarperCollins,
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The heroine with 1,001 faces / by Tatar, Maria,1945-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman. How do we explain our newfound cultural investment in empathy and social justice? For decades, Joseph Campbell had defined our cultural aspirations in The Hero with a Thousand Faces, emphasizing the value of seeking glory and earning immortality. His work became the playbook for Hollywood, with its many male-centric quest narratives. Challenging the models in Campbell's canonical work, Maria Tatar explores how heroines, rarely wielding a sword and deprived of a pen, have flown beneath the radar even as they have been bent on social missions. Using the domestic arts and storytelling skills, they have displayed audacity, curiosity, and care as they struggled to survive and change the reigning culture. Animating figures from Ovid's Philomela, her tongue severed yet still weaving a tale about sexual assault, to Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander, a high-tech wizard seeking justice for victims of a serial killer, The Heroine with 1,001 Faces creates a luminous arc that takes us from ancient times to the present"--
Subjects: Sex role in literature.; Women heroes in literature.; Women heroes; Women;
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The hero / by Child, Lee,author.;
"In his first work of nonfiction, the creator of the multimillion-selling Jack Reacher series explores the endurance of heroes from Achilles to Bond, showing us how this age-old myth is a fundamental part of what makes us human. He demonstrates how hero stories continue to shape our world - arguing that we need them now more than ever. From the Stone Age to the Greek Tragedies, from Shakespeare to Robin Hood, we have always had our heroes. The hero is at the centre of formative myths in every culture and persists to this day in world-conquering books, films and TV shows. But why do these characters continue to inspire us, and why are they so central to storytelling? Scalpel-sharp on the roots of storytelling and enlightening on the history and science of myth, The Hero is essential reading for anyone trying to write or understand fiction. Child teaches us how these stories still shape our minds and behaviour in an increasingly confusing modern world, and with his trademark concision and wit, demonstrates that however civilised we get, we'll always need heroes."--Publisher's website.
Subjects: Heroes in literature.; Heroes in motion pictures.; Heroes; Storytelling.; Heroes;
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Are Ewoks scared of Stormtroopers? / by Saunders, Catherine.;
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Subjects: Courage; Heroes; Characters and characteristics in motion pictures; Star Wars films;
© 2013., DK Pub.,
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Wonder Woman : Amazonian princess turned heroine / by Abdo, Kenny,1986-;
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Subjects: Wonder Woman (Fictitious character); Wonder Woman (Comic strip); Women superheroes; Heroes; Comic strip characters; Characters and characteristics in literature;
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Cursed / by Calonita, Jen.;
Ages 10 and up.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Magic; Blessing and cursing; Heroes; Reformatories; Schools; Characters and characteristics in literature;
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Charmed / by Calonita, Jen.;
When Sleeping Beauty's nemesis breaks the Evil Queen out of the dungeon, Gilly and her friends at Fairy Tale Reform School must figure out how to stop Alva from terrorizing the village of Enchantasia--before she comes after the ones Gilly loves the most.Ages 10 and up.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fairy tales; Characters and characteristics in literature; Magic; Good and evil; Heroes; Reformatories; Schools;
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Stepsister / by Donnelly, Jennifer.;
Isabelle is one of Cinderella's ugly stepsisters, who cut off their toes in an attempt to fit into the glass slipper; but there is more to her story than a maimed foot, for the Marquis de la Chance is about to offer her a choice and the opportunity to change her fate--there will be blood and danger, but also the possibility of redemption and triumph, and most of all the chance to find her true self.LSC
Subjects: Cinderella (Tale); Stepsisters; Fate and fatalism; Choice (Psychology); Self-actualization (Psychology); Women heroes; Characters in literature; Beauty, Personal;
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Switched / by Calonita, Jen.;
Gilly and her friends must prepare for a giant invasion after Jack plants magic beans, earning him a spot in Fairy Tale Reform School and reminding Gilly how good it feels to be bad.Ages 10 and up.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Fairy tales; Characters and characteristics in literature; Good and evil; Heroes; Giants; Magic; Reformatories; Schools;
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