MARC Record from Library of Congress

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050 00 $aPN6725$b.K75 2011
082 00 $a741.5/973$222
100 1 $aKripal, Jeffrey J.$q(Jeffrey John),$d1962-$eauthor.
245 10 $aMutants and mystics :$bscience fiction, superhero comics, and the paranormal /$cJeffrey J. Kripal.
260 $aChicago :$bUniversity of Chicago Press,$c[2011], ©2011.
300 $axvii, 370 p. :$bcol. ill. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [337]-353) and index.
505 0 $aOrientation: from India to the planet Mars -- Alienation: Superman is a crashed alien -- Radiation: metaphysical energies and super sexualities -- Mutation: X-men before their time -- Realization: reading the paranormal writing us -- Authorization: writing the paranormal writing us -- The third kind: the visitor corpus of Whitley Strieber -- Toward a soul-sized story.
650 0 $aComic books, strips, etc.$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aSuperheroes in literature.
650 0 $aOccultism in literature.
650 0 $aScience fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aFantasy fiction, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aMyth in literature.
650 0 $aLiterature and myth.