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Author
Publisher
Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This book explores the history of superheroes, tracing their development from their beginning in 2100 B.C.E. with the Epic of Gilgamesh to their status today in modern pop culture and the comic book and graphic novel worlds. It documents how the two modern superhero archetypes--the Costumed Avengers and the superhuman Supermen--can be traced back more than 200 years and how modern superheroes were created and influenced by biblical heroes, medieval...
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
Examines "the greatest works of world literature, from the Iliad to Don Quixote to The Great Gatsby. Around 100 ... articles explore landmark novels, short stories, plays, and poetry that reinvented the art of writing in their time, whether Ancient Greece, post-classical Europe, or modern-day Korea"--Amazon.com.
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