A new gnosis : comic books, comparative mythology, and depth psychology /: comic books, comparative mythology, and depth psychology. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by David M. Odorisio.
• Editors: Odorisio, David M
• Contents: A New Gnosis: The Comic Book as Mythical Text.Part I A New Gnosis: Comic Books as Modern Mythology.Dreaming the Myth Onward: Comic Books as Contemporary Mythologies.From Horror to Heroes: Mythologies of Graphic Voodoo in Comics.Mystico-Erotics of the 'Next Age Superhero': Christian Hippie Comics of the 1970s.The Flying Eyeball: The Mythopoetics of Rick Griffin.Graphic Mythologies.Part II Archetypal Amplifications: Comic Books, Comparative Mythology, and Depth Psychology.Archetypal Dimensions of Comic Books.All-Female Teams: In Quest of the Missing Archetype.Infirm Relatives and Boy Kings: The Green Man Archetype in Alan Moore's The Saga of The Swamp Thing.The Shadow of the Bat: Batman as Archetypal Shaman.'To Survive and Still Dream': Ritual and Reclamation in Little Bird.Graffiti in the Grass: Worldbuilding and Soul Survival Through Image, Immersive Myth, and the Metaxis.Afterword: Comics and Gnostics.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 741.5352; Comic books, strips, etc -- History and criticism; Comic books, strips, etc -- Religious aspects; Superheroes in comics; Superheroes in literature
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783031201271
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