The 101 most influential people who never lived : how characters of fiction, myth, legends, television, and movies have shaped our society, changed our behavior, and set the course of history by Lazar, Allan, 1931-, Karlan, Dan, 1951-; Salter, Jeremy, 1952- instant download

The 101 most influential people who never lived : how characters of fiction, myth, legends, television, and movies have shaped our society, changed our behavior, and set the course of history by Lazar, Allan, 1931-, Karlan, Dan, 1951-; Salter, Jeremy, 1952- instant download

317 pages ; 22 cm, Profiles many fictional figures from literature, myth, film, and other sources that have shaped society, culture, and the course of history, such as Rosie the Riveter, Lady Chatterly, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Hamlet, 1. Greek and Roman myths: Prometheus #46 -- Apollo and Dionysus #23 -- Venus and Cupid #45 -- Pandora #47 -- Helen #59 -- Odysseus #24 -- Midas #29 -- Pygmalion #88 -- Icarus #80 -- Hercules #76 -- 1. Folktales: Santa Claus #4 -- The Pied Piper #69 -- The wandering Jew #92 -- Hansel and Gretel #52 -- Cinderella, A rebuttal #26 -- 3. Legends: Lilith #99 -- Saint Valentine #58 -- King Arthur #3 -- Robin Hood #12 -- William Tell #42 -- Don Juan #40 -- Interlude: how we did it-- the ranking method -- 4. Monsters: Dr. Frankenstein's monster -- #6 -- Loch Ness monster #56 -- King Kong #74 -- Godzilla #38 -- 5. Stereotypes: Prince charming #20 -- Jim Crow #13 -- Mammy #81 -- 6. Adventure: Sinbad the Sailor #82 -- Robinson Crusoe #22 -- Buck #94 -- Tarzan #49 -- Luke Skywalker #85 -- Interlude: categories -- 7. Crime: Sherlock Holmes #8 -- Batman #60 -- Hans Beckert #90 -- Dick Tracy #77 -- 8. Americana: Uncle Sam #61 -- Uncle Tom #11 -- Hiawatha #71 -- The American Cowboy #19 -- Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn #65 -- Paul Bunyan #101 -- Amos 'n' Andy #83 -- G.I. Joe #48 -- John Doe #100 -- 9. Literature: Don Quixote #17 -- Ivanhoe #97 -- Ebenezer Scrooge #16 -- Captain Ahab #53 -- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde #10 -- The great Gatsby #93 -- Interlude: the writing process -- 10. Children's literature: The little engine that could #31 -- The ugly duckling #55 -- Alice #34 -- Peter Pan #70 -- The cat in the hat #79 -- 11. Theater: Oedipus #14 -- Romeo and Juliet #9 -- Hamlet #5 -- Othello #72 -- Shylock #27 -- Figaro #37 -- Faust #36 -- Madame Butterfly #89 -- Siegfried #7 -- Willy Loman -- Interlude: who met whom? -- 12. Movies: The little tramp #73 -- Dracula #33 -- Dorothy Gale #91 -- Sam Spade #68 -- Citizen Kane #35 -- Richard Blaine #54 -- Elmer…