Background
Schechter, Harold George was born on June 28, 1948 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Celia (Wasserman) Schechter.
(In our high-tech, consumerist culture, traditional folklo...)
In our high-tech, consumerist culture, traditional folklore has found itself revived in an eclectic mix of popular works from B-movies, TV shows, and superhero comics to pulp novels and supermarket tabloids. With a strong emphasis on narrative and very little reliance on aesthetics, these forms of popular entertainment have often defied analysis. The Bosom Serpent fills this gap by revealing the pervasive similarities between traditional folklore motifs and our contemporary forms of amusement. By examining a variety of works and genres from classic fairy tales to supermarket tabloids, The Bosom Serpent demonstrates that today’s popular art is no more (or less) than the sort of unpretentious narrative entertainment human beings have always craved - tall tales dressed up to fit the concerns of the time.
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(Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images...)
Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art--the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor--and finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FKY4K9S/?tag=2022091-20
( Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and imag...)
Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art--the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor--and finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/087972868X/?tag=2022091-20
Schechter, Harold George was born on June 28, 1948 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Celia (Wasserman) Schechter.
Bachelor, City College of New York, 1969. Master of Arts, Purdue University, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1975.
Graduate teaching assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1969-1971;
graduate teaching fellow, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1971-1974;
assistant Professor of English, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, 1975-1980;
associate Professor of English, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, 1981-1986;
Professor of English, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, since 1987. Visiting instructor State University of New York, Fredonia, 1975. Visiting associate professor of University Colorado, Boulder, 1983-1984.
Maitre de conference associate U. Paris, 1992-1993.
(Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and images...)
( Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and imag...)
( Harold Schechter looks at the impossible tales and imag...)
(In our high-tech, consumerist culture, traditional folklo...)
(In our high-tech, consumerist culture, traditional folklo...)
(Book by Harold Schechter n Jonna Gormely Semeiks)
Married Avra Shapiro, 1970 (divorced 1977). Married Jonna Gormely Semeiks, July 15, 1978. Children: Elizabeth, Laura.