Do the gods wear capes? : spirituality, fantasy, and superheroes

Do the gods wear capes? : spirituality, fantasy, and superheroes / Ben Saunders.

Brash, bold, and sometimes brutal, superheroes might seem to epitomize modern pop-culture at its most melodramatic and mindless. But according to Ben Saunders, the appeal of the superhero is fundamentally metaphysical - even spiritual - in nature. In chapter-length analyses of the early comic book a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Saunders, Ben, 1968-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum International Pub. Group, ©2011.
Series:New directions in religion and literature.
Subjects:
Superheroes.
Heroes > Religious aspects.
Agnosticism & atheism.
Graphic novels.
HUMOR > General.
Heroes > Religious aspects
Superheroes
religion (discipline)
fantasies (visual works)
fantasies (literary works)
fantasy (imagination)
dissertations.
Academic theses
Comics (Graphic works)
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
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Table of Contents:
  • The power of love
  • Superman: truth, justice, and all that stuff
  • Wonder Woman: bondage and liberation
  • Spider-Man: heroic failure and spiritual triumph
  • Iron Man: techno-faith
  • Modern gods
  • Appendix: On the place of superhero studies within comics studies.

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