ISBN:
9780300252262
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (224 p)
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60 b-w illus
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
Year of publication:
2020
Series Statement:
Jewish Lives
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
Keywords:
Comic books, strips, etc Religious aspects
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Judaism
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Comic books, strips, etc Religious aspects
;
Judaism
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
Abstract:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. So What’s the Risk? -- 2. Stan Lee Is God -- 3. Getting in the Way -- 4. Playwright -- 5. The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine! -- 6. I Don’t Need You! -- 7. With Great Power -- 8. We Only Fight in Self-Defense! -- 9. Face Front! -- 10. My Own Power Has Never Been Fully Tested! -- 11. This Long-Awaited Leap -- 12. Part of a Bigger Universe -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Abstract:
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a meditation on the deeply Jewish and surprisingly spiritual roots of Stan Lee and Marvel Comics Few artists have had as much of an impact on American popular culture as Stan Lee. The characters he created—Spider-Man and Iron Man, the X-Men and the Fantastic Four—occupy Hollywood’s imagination and production schedules, generate billions at the box office, and come as close as anything we have to a shared American mythology. This illuminating biography focuses as much on Lee’s ideas as it does on his unlikely rise to stardom. It surveys his cultural and religious upbringing and draws surprising connections between celebrated comic book heroes and the ancient tales of the Bible, the Talmud, and Jewish mysticism. Was Spider-Man just a reincarnation of Cain? Is the Incredible Hulk simply Adam by another name? From close readings of Lee’s work to little-known anecdotes from Marvel’s history, the book paints a portrait of Lee that goes much deeper than one of his signature onscreen cameos.About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award.More praise for Jewish Lives: “Excellent.” – New York times “Exemplary.” – Wall St. Journal “Distinguished.” – New Yorker “Superb.” – The Guardian
Note:
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
DOI:
10.12987/9780300252262
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