“Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
This paper aims to address the mythopoeic aspect of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, so as to disclose the elements of American cultural identity embedded in the novel. It is an attempt to analyse its legends, myths, folklore, popular culture figures, intertwined with Old World mythology, assessing thei...
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| description | This paper aims to address the mythopoeic aspect of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, so as to disclose the elements of American cultural identity embedded in the novel. It is an attempt to analyse its legends, myths, folklore, popular culture figures, intertwined with Old World mythology, assessing their viability as modern myths, through the lens of formalist and structuralist reading. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b856b171fed44f07a409f13bde1e01732022-12-22T00:46:17ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282016-12-01131354410.1515/rjes-2016-0006rjes-2016-0006“Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American GodsRață Irina0University “Dunărea de Jos” of GalațiThis paper aims to address the mythopoeic aspect of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, so as to disclose the elements of American cultural identity embedded in the novel. It is an attempt to analyse its legends, myths, folklore, popular culture figures, intertwined with Old World mythology, assessing their viability as modern myths, through the lens of formalist and structuralist reading.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0006american cultural identitycultural representations of americamythologymythopoeia |
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| title | “Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods |
| title_full | “Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods |
| title_fullStr | “Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods |
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| title_short | “Only the Gods are Real”: The Mythopoeic Dimension of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods |
| title_sort | only the gods are real the mythopoeic dimension of neil gaiman s american gods |
| topic | american cultural identity cultural representations of america mythology mythopoeia |
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