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The Hero in Contemporary American Fiction: The Works of Saul Bellow and Don Delillo

The Hero in Contemporary American Fiction: The Works of Saul Bellow and Don Delillo

Halldorson, S.

Hardcover

Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century

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ISBN10: 1403983887
ISBN13: 9781403983886
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Apr 9 2008
Pages: 223
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.69 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This book sets out to write nothing short of a new theory of the heroic for today's world. It delves into the why of the hero as a natural companion piece to the how of the hero as written by Northrop Frye and Joseph Campbell over half a century ago. The novels of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo serve as an anchor to the theory as it challenges our notions of what is heroic about nymphomaniacs, Holocaust survivors, spurious academics, cult followers, terrorists, celebrities, photographers and writers of novels who all attempt to claim the right to be hero.

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