Bloom's Literary Themes The Hero's Journey (Bloom's Literary Themes)

Explores the literary theme of the hero's journey in twenty essays covering works by authors as varied as Virgil and Maxine Hong Kingston. Contents......Page 6 Series Introduction......Page 10 Volume Introduction......Page 14 The Aeneid......Page 16 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland......Page 26 Beowulf......Page 40 David Copperfield......Page 54 Don Quixote......Page 66 The Epic of Gilgamesh......Page 78 Go Tell It on the Mountain......Page 90 Jane Eyre......Page 100 Julius Caesar......Page 110 The Lord of the Rings......Page 122 A Man for All Seasons......Page 138 Middlemarch......Page 146 Moby-Dick......Page 156 The Odyssey......Page 172 A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man......Page 182 Pride and Prejudice......Page 198 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight......Page 210 To Kill a Mockingbird......Page 222 The Woman Warrior......Page 230 "The Worn Path"......Page 240 Acknowledgments......Page 248 Index......Page 250 This title covers the role of the hero's journey in 'Beowulf', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Moby-Dick', 'To Kill a Mockingbird', and many other works. Covers the role of the hero's journey in Beowulf, The Lord of the Rings, Moby-Dick, and To Kill a Mockingbird, and many other works.