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After the Statue of Liberty's 1886 unveiling, it quickly became iconic, featured in scores of posters, pictures, and books. The statue's likeness was also used or featured in motion pictures, television programs, music videos and video games. Images of the statue have been used as a logo, on commemorative coins, and in theatrical productions. It remains a popular local, national, and international political symbol and marketing image. ==Books and stories== * A 1911 O. Henry story relates a fanciful conversation between "Mrs. Liberty" and another statue;〔Henry, O., ''Sixes and Sevens,'' "The Lady Higher Up." (Project Gutenberg text )〕 "The Lady Higher Up" relates a fanciful dialog between the statue and the then-famous Statue of Diana at Madison Square Garden. In the story, Diana asks "Mrs. Liberty" why she speaks with what Diana terms a "City Hall brogue." Liberty answers: "If ye'd studied the history of art in its foreign complications ye'd not need to ask. If ye wasn't so light-headed and giddy ye'd know that I was made by a Dago and presented to the American people on behalf of the French Government for the purpose of welcomin' Irish immigrants into the Dutch city of New York."〔 * In ''Amerika'' by Franz Kafka, the author inaccurately depicts the statue as holding aloft a sword rather than a torch. * During the 1940s and 1950s, the iconography of science fiction in the United States was filled with images of ancient, decayed Statues of Liberty, set in the distant future. The covers of famous pulp magazines such as ''Amazing Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' all featured Lady Liberty at one time, surrounded by ruins or by the sediments of the ages, as curious aliens or representatives of advanced or degenerate humans of the future gazed upon her remains. The February 1941 cover of ''Astounding'' showed a primitive man and woman approaching on a raft a Statue of Liberty surrounded by wild growth. * In the final scene of ''Maggie-Now'' (1958) by Betty Smith, two characters scatter Maggie's late husband's ashes from the statue's torch. * Jack Finney's 1970 novel ''Time and Again'' takes advantage of the presence, in 1882, of just the arm and torch of the statue in Madison Square Park – where they were exhibited to help raise funds for the pedestal – for an important plot development. * The final chapter of Roald Dahl's ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1981) reveals that "The Glow-worm became the light inside the torch on the Statue of Liberty, and thus saved a grateful City from having to pay a huge electricity bill every year." * Ellen Kushner's 1986 ''Choose Your Own Adventure'' book ''Statue of Liberty Adventure'' has the protagonist exploring the statue to find its original inspiration. * In the disaster novels ''Her Name Will Be Faith'' and ''Category 7: The Biggest Storm in History'', hurricanes cause storm surges that topple the statue into the Hudson River. * In the ''Southern Victory'' series book ''How Few Remain'' (1997), the Statue of Liberty does not exist in New York City, as relations between the United States and France are poor. This is due to France supporting the Confederate States in the Civil War and the Second Mexican War. However, Liberty Island is taken up by a similar but more grim-looking statue called "The Statue of Remembrance", given to the US by Germany. This statue carries a sword in its right hand and a shield in its left. Its full name is "Remembrance, holding aloft her bared sword." * Nevada Barr's 1999 mystery novel ''Liberty Falling'' is set on Liberty Island and Ellis Island, and features deaths caused by falling from the Statue of Liberty. * The history of the Statue of Liberty is told in the 2008 book ''Lady Liberty: A Biography.'', written by Doreen Rapppaport, illustrated by Matt Tavares. * Giannina Braschi's dramatic novel ''United States of Banana'' (2011) takes place after the September 11, 2001 attacks, at the Statue of Liberty, where a political prisoner from Puerto Rico is trapped in the dungeon of liberty beneath the 11-pointed star that serves as the base of the Statue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Statue of Liberty in popular culture」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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