The Monomyth in Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination

Palumbo examines the monomyth in Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination. Published in 1956, The Stars My Destination is the first among several science fiction novels and films to use the monomyth so extensively as its underlying plot. It remains to be one of the most popular and aestheticall...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of popular culture 2004-11, Vol.38 (2), p.333-368
1. Verfasser:	Palumbo, DonaldE
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bester, Alfred Cultural studies Fiction Literary criticism Literature Motion pictures Myth Novels Popular culture Science fiction Science fiction & fantasy Theme Writers
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Zusammenfassung:	Palumbo examines the monomyth in Alfred Bester's The Stars My Destination. Published in 1956, The Stars My Destination is the first among several science fiction novels and films to use the monomyth so extensively as its underlying plot. It remains to be one of the most popular and aesthetically successful science fiction novels ever written due to its sophisticated integration of the monomyth's theme and fractal internal structure into its more superficial use of the monomyths anatomy of the hero and overall plot.
ISSN:	0022-3840 1540-5931
DOI:	10.1111/j.0022-3840.2004.00116.x