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The epic film : myth and history / Derek Elley.
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London ; Boston : Routledge & Kegan Paul, c1983.
1983
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Return of the heroes : The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and contemporary culture / Hal Colebatch.
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Perth, W.A. : Australian Institute for Public Policy, c1990.
1990
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Eroi del nostro tempo / a cura di F. Adornato ; Abruzzese ... [et al.].
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Roma : Laterza, 1986.
1986
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The Hero in transition / [edited by] Ray B. Browne & Marshall W. Fishwick.
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Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green University Popular Press, c1983.
1983
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Il cinema peplum : la prima guida critica ai film di Conan, Ercole, Goliath, Maciste, Sansone, Spartaco, Thaur, Ursus / Domenico Cammarota.
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Roma : Fanucci, c1987.
1987
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Hollywood heroes / by John Howard Reid.
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Wyong, NSW, Australia : J.H. Reid, [1998]
1998
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Hollywood heroes / David Hofstede.
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Lanham, Md. : Madison Books, 1994.
1994
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The super-hero photo guide book / by Tom Rogers.
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East Meadow, N.Y. : Image Pub., c1992.
1992
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American dreamtime : a cultural analysis of popular movies, and their implications for a science of humanity / Lee Drummond.
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Lanham, Md. : Littlefield Adams Books, c1996.
1996
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The unsung heroes : Hollywood stuntmen and stuntwomen and your favorite stars in classic action scenes / by Neil Summers.
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Vienna, WV : Old West Shop Pub., c1996.
1996
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Le beau ténébreux à l'écran / Henri Agel.
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Paris : Harmattan, c1997.
1997
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Hollywood heroes / by John Howard Reid.
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Wyong, Australia : J.H. Reid, [1998]
1998
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The cowboy way : the western leader in film, 1945-1995 / Ralph Lamar Turner and Robert J. Higgs.
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Westport, Conn. ; London : Greenwood Press, 1999.
1999
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Movies to manage by : lessons in leadership from great films / John K. Clemens and Melora Wolff.
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Lincolnwood (Chicago), Ill. : Contemporary Books, c1999.
1999
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Myth and masculinity in the Japanese cinema : towards a political reading of the "tragic hero" / Isolde Standish.
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Richmond : Curzon, 2000.
2000
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Miti ed eroi nel cinema / Stefano Socci.
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Firenze : Lettere, c2001.
2001
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The hero and the perennial journey home in American film / Susan Mackey-Kallis.
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2001.
2001
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Heroes, antiheroes, and dolts : portrayals of masculinity in American popular films, 1921-1999 / Ashton D. Trice and Samuel A. Holland.
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Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, c2001.
2001
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMFL 01-11096 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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Fanfan la tulipe : De la chanson au cinéma / textes réunis et présentés par Frédéric Chaleil.
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Paris : Editions de Paris, 2003.
2003
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̊Cuvstvo ̊ekrana. [S. Freĭlix].
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Moskva : Iskusstvo, 1972.
1972
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| FormatBook/Text | Call number*QDK 77-734 | Item locationOffsite |
The medieval hero on screen : representations from Beowulf to Buffy / edited by Martha W. Driver and Sid Ray ; with a foreword by Jonathan Rosenbaum.
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Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland, c2004.
2004
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Xun zhao ying xiong / Guan Jie zhu.
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[Beijing] : Zhongguo wen lian chu ban she, 2001.
2001
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The Byronic hero in film, fiction, and television / Atara Stein.
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Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
2004
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Dictionnaire amoureux des héros / Patrick Cauvin ; dessins d'Alain Bouldouyre.
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Paris : Plon, 2005.
2005
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Unsung heroes of the Lord of the rings : from the page to the screen / Lynnette R. Porter.
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Westport, Conn : Praeger Publishers, c2005.
2005
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Santo, el enmascarado de plata : mito y realidad de un héroe mexicano moderno / Alvaro A. Fernández Reyes.
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Michoacán [Mexico] : Colegio de Michoacán : CONACULTA, c2004.
2004
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Action figures : men, action films, and contemporary adventure narratives / by Mark Gallagher.
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New York, N.Y. : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
2006
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Superheroes and Greek tragedy : comparing cultural icons / Sally MacEwen.
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Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2006.
2006
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Supereroi : gli eroi nel cinema / Antonio Tentori.
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Marino, Rome, Italy : Gallo, c2006.
2006
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Héroes de película : el mito de los héroes en el cine argentino / Estela Erausquin.
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Buenos Aires : Editorial Biblos, c2008.
2008
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The impertinent self : a heroic history of modernity / Josef Früchtl ; translated by Sarah L. Kirkby.
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Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2009.
2009
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Ikonen, Helden, Aussenseiter : Film und Biographie / herausgegeben von Manfred Mittermayer ... [et al.].
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Wien : Zsolnay, 2009.
2009
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El héroe del western : América vista por sí misma / Ma. Dolores Clemente Fernández.
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Madrid : Editorial Complutense, 2009.
2009
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Du héros aux super héros : mutations cinématographiques / sous la direction de Claude Forest.
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Paris : Presses Sorbonne nouvelle, c2009.
2009
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Superheroes! : capes and crusaders in comics and films / Roz Kaveney.
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London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2008.
2008
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberPN 6714 .K384 2008 | Item locationOffsite |
Hobbits : the many lives of Bilbo, Frodo, Sam, Merry and Pippin / Lynnette Porter.
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London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2012.
2012
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Hollywood 9/11 : superheroes, supervillains, and super disasters / Tom Pollard.
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Boulder, CO : Paradigm Publishers, c2011.
2011
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMFL 13-42 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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Helden der Kindkeit aus Comic, Film und Fernsehen / herausgegeben von Andrea Baron und Kai Splittgerber ; illustriert und gestaltet von Studierenden des Fachbereichs Design der FH Münster im Rahmen des Editorial Illustrationskurses von Felix Scheinberger und Rüdiger Quass von Deyen.
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Frankfurt am Main : Edition Büchergilde, c2013.
2013
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Home front heroes : the rise of a new Hollywood archetype, 1988-1999 / Elizabeth Abele.
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Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014.
2014
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The last action hero : typescript, 1991 / by Zak Penn and Adam Leff.
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1991
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Classical masculinity and the spectacular body on film : the mighty sons of Hercules / Daniel O'Brien, University of Southampton, UK.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
2014
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMFL 15-107 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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The monomyth in American science fiction films : 28 visions of the hero's journey / Donald E. Palumbo.
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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
2014
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMFL 15-877 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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Cinematic quests for identity : the hero's encounter with the beast / Maria Garcia.
Text
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
2015
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMFL 15-3165 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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Superheroes on world screens / edited by Rayna Denison and Rachel Mizsei-Ward.
Text
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
2015
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Byronic heroes in nineteenth-century women's writing and screen adaptation / Sarah Wootton, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Durham University, UK.
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
2016-2016
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Outlaw heroes as liminal figures of film and television / Rebecca A. Umland.
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Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
2016
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| FormatBook/Text | Call numberMFL 16-4336 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
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Superheroes on world screens [electronic resource] / edited by Rayna Denison and Rachel Mizsei-Ward.
Text
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2015]
2015
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View all available online resourcesWashed in blood [electronic resource] : male sacrifice, trauma, and the cinema / Claire Sisco King.
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2012.
2012
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View all available online resourcesFathers, warriors, and vigilantes : post-heroism and the US cultural imaginary in the twenty-first century / Ahu Tanrisever.
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Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2016]
2016
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The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television [electronic resource] / Atara Stein.
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Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2004.
2004
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