Hero's Journey, Heroine's return?: Buffy, Euridice and the Orpheus myth

Steve Halfyard

Hero's Journey, Heroine's return? Buffy, Euridice and the Orpheus myth

BMus Programme and Creative and Contextual Studies

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An examination of the multiple ways in which the Orpheus myth is articulated within the narrative of the TV show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Reading Joss Whedon
Editors	Rhonda V. Wilcox, Tanya R. Cochrane, Cynthea Masson, David Lavery
Place of Publication	Syracuse, NY
Publisher	Syracuse University Press
Chapter	2
Pages	40-52
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9780815652830
ISBN (Print)	9780815633648, 9780815610380
Publication status	Published or Performed - 2014

Keywords

Television studies
media studies

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