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Blackmore, Tim. "Blind Daring: Vision and Revision of Sophocles’s Oedipus Tyrranus [sic] in Frank Miller’s Daredevil: Born Again." Journal of Popular Culture 27. (1993): 135–62. Added by: joachim (7/20/09, 1:30 AM) Last edited by: joachim (6/8/20, 8:29 PM) |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-3840.1993.00135.x BibTeX citation key: Blackmore1993 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Daredevil", "Oedipus", Classical antiquity, Literature, Miller. Frank, Sophokles, Superhero, USA Creators: Blackmore Collection: Journal of Popular Culture |
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Despite the enormous gap in time, form and method, Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus (CA 430 B.C.) and Frank Miller’s graphic novel Daredevil: Born Again (1989) are strikingly similar creations; each reexamines the idea of “common” man as hero in society. The comparison of these works begins with a discussion of the authors’ worlds and the underlying structure of each piece. The paper continues with a consideration of Olympian power, the hero’s struggles with, and subsequent “murder” by, such forces. With the character’s rebirth the ideal hero is revealed as well as the power of human reason and the path that leads toward a “just” society.
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