Utilizing mythic criticism in contemporary narrative culture: Examining the “present‐absence” of shadow archetypes in spider‐man

Communication Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 518-529

  Meyer, Michaela D E ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Criticism; Film; Myth; Polysemy; Shadow; Spider Man; Villain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884035298     PISSN: 01463373     EISSN: 17464102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01463370309370171     Document Type: Article

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