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Heroism and Passion in Literature

Author : Graham Gargett
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042016927
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (169 download)

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Download or read book Heroism and Passion in Literature written by Graham Gargett and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, prompted by the publication in 1999 of Moya Longstaffe's remarkable study, Metamorphoses of Passion and the Heroic in French Literature: Corneille, Stendhal, Claudel, further investigates and analyses the multiple appearances of Passion and Heroism in literature. It pursues the exploration of these themes in a variety of cultures (English, French, German, Spanish), genres, and critical approaches. In addition, the chronological span represented is extremely wide. Contributions range from La Fontaine, Molière and Voltaire to Rimbaud and Camus; from Baudelaire to Beckett; from Wagner to Goytisolo. This very diversity gives necessary context, providing scope for reflection and analysis. Although passion seems timeless, can heroism have any real meaning - apart from an individual and existential one - in our postmodern age? Has a notion at the centre of European culture for so many centuries really disappeared from our intellectual and cultural universe? This volume will be of interest to all students of literature, whatever their critical or linguistic allegiance, since it focuses on the varying manifestations of two vital ingredients of all societies and cultures.

Heroism and Passion in Literature

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9401201579
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Heroism and Passion in Literature written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, prompted by the publication in 1999 of Moya Longstaffe's remarkable study, Metamorphoses of Passion and the Heroic in French Literature: Corneille, Stendhal, Claudel, further investigates and analyses the multiple appearances of Passion and Heroism in literature. It pursues the exploration of these themes in a variety of cultures (English, French, German, Spanish), genres, and critical approaches. In addition, the chronological span represented is extremely wide. Contributions range from La Fontaine, Molière and Voltaire to Rimbaud and Camus; from Baudelaire to Beckett; from Wagner to Goytisolo. This very diversity gives necessary context, providing scope for reflection and analysis. Although passion seems timeless, can heroism have any real meaning - apart from an individual and existential one - in our postmodern age? Has a notion at the centre of European culture for so many centuries really disappeared from our intellectual and cultural universe? This volume will be of interest to all students of literature, whatever their critical or linguistic allegiance, since it focuses on the varying manifestations of two vital ingredients of all societies and cultures.

On Heroes, Lizards and Passion

Author : Zoila Ellis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789686233056
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (33 download)

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Download or read book On Heroes, Lizards and Passion written by Zoila Ellis and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Seven short stories vividly depicting different facets of Belize's reality. From the country's rural areas to New York City, we accompany Belizean women and men as they go through the joys and hardships of life. Zoila Ellis demonstrates a definite ability to perceive and reproduce situations and characters, heightening the emotional impact of everyday events and rendering them into fine literature"--Page 4 of cover

Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes

Author : Pierre Brunel
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317387139
Total Pages : 1454 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes written by Pierre Brunel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster. Its coverage is international and draws on legends from prehistory to the modern age throughout literature, whether fiction, poetry or drama. Essays on classical figures, as well as later myths, explore the origin, development and various incarnations of their subjects. Alongside entries on western archetypes, are analyses of non-European myths from across the world, including Africa, China, Japan, Latin America and India. This book will be indispensable for students and teachers of literature, history and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating world of mythology. A detailed bibliography and index are included. ‘The Companion provides a fine interpretive road map to Western culture’s use of archetypal stories.’ Wilson Library Review ‘It certainly is a comprehensive volume... extremely useful.’ Times Higher Education Supplement

A Hero of Our Time (Russian Literature Classic)

Author : Mikhail Lermontov
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book A Hero of Our Time (Russian Literature Classic) written by Mikhail Lermontov and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook edition of "A Hero of Our Time" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. According to the Byronic tradition, Pechorin is a character of contradiction. He is both sensitive and cynical. He is possessed of extreme arrogance, yet has a deep insight into his own character and epitomizes the melancholy of the romantic hero who broods on the futility of existence and the certainty of death. The novel has influenced the likes of famous authors like Albert Camus and Ian Fleming and is a beloved Russian classic. A Hero of Our Time is an example of the superfluous man novel, noted for its compelling Byronic hero (or antihero) Pechorin and for the beautiful descriptions of the Caucasus.

Heroism and the Christian Life

Author : Brian Stewart Hook
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664258122
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (581 download)

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Download or read book Heroism and the Christian Life written by Brian Stewart Hook and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a literary and cultural investigation of the discord and resonance between classical ideals of heroic action and the imperatives of the Christian life, from the Homeric epic to the present day. Its central theme is the difficulty of recognizing, imitating, and participating in heroic excellence--a difficulty that has been a concern for classical, Renaissance, and modern writers alike.

Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes Slaves of Passion

Author : Lily Bess Campbell
Publisher : CUP Archive
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes Slaves of Passion written by Lily Bess Campbell and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1930 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heroes and Heroines of Fiction

Author : William S. Walsh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Heroes and Heroines of Fiction written by William S. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ernest Hemingway's Code Hero in Pursuit of Self

Author : Dr. K. Madhu Murthy
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387373846
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Ernest Hemingway's Code Hero in Pursuit of Self written by Dr. K. Madhu Murthy and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Black Box

Author : Jennifer Egan
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472102819
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book Black Box written by Jennifer Egan and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Close your eyes and slowly count backward from ten.' America, the near future. A young spy on a mission logs her observations. The result is an intense thriller, and a minute dissection of the experience of a woman whose beauty is also her camouflage, for whom control relies on submission: a woman whose success - whose life - depends on being seen and not seen. Originally published online via Twitter by @NYerFiction, Jennifer Egan's first new fiction since the phenomenal success of A Visit From the Goon Squad is a taut, compulsive work of unrelenting genius.

Heroes of Literature

Author : John Dennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Literature written by John Dennis and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heroes of Albany

Author : Rufus Wheelwright Clark
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 914 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Heroes of Albany written by Rufus Wheelwright Clark and published by . This book was released on 1867 with total page 914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes

Author : Lily B. Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Shakespeare's Tragic Heroes written by Lily B. Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Heroes, Legends, Champions

Author : Andrew Bernstein
Publisher : Union Square Publishing, Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9781946928245
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (282 download)

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Download or read book Heroes, Legends, Champions written by Andrew Bernstein and published by Union Square Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not a self-help book. Its purpose is to not to show us how to apply the lessons of a hero's life in our own. Rather, it is a theoretical book, explaining what heroes are and why mankind needs them. Before we can emulate heroes, we must properly identify them, we must understand who and what they are....And what they are not. This is a matter of life and death. Some persons, for example, at various times have considered as heroes Adolf Hitler, Josef Stalin, and Osama bin Laden. If we are to promote human life, it is necessary for us to clearly understand that and why mass murderers are definitively excluded from the echelon of heroes. Chapters One, Two, and Three focus on the nature and definition of a hero, and provide a method for distinguishing a hero from non-heroes. Chapter Four raises the question of whether, under appropriate circumstances, everyman and everywoman can rise to heroic heights--and answers in the affirmative. Chapters Five, Six, and Seven dispute the time-honored notion that heroism involves self-sacrifice and demonstrate, rather, that heroism, properly understood, involves actions self-fulfilling; heroism and self-sacrifice are, in fact, moral antipodes. Chapter Eight discusses an appropriate response to morally flawed heroes--and Chapter Nine explains the errors of the modern antihero mentality. Finally, Chapter Ten shows the life-giving importance of hero worship. The two appendices validate philosophic principles that underlie the theory of heroes elucidated here: That human life is the standard of moral value and that human beings possess free will. This book does not purport to be an exhaustive analysis of a hero's nature. Presumably, there is more to be said. But it is a provocative first step toward understanding the nature of heroes, one that will hopefully spark a lively 21st century debate of this important subject.

Of Heroes and Villains

Author : D. Keith Campbell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621898261
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Of Heroes and Villains written by D. Keith Campbell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gripping stories, whether modern or ancient, always include heroes and villains. The Synoptic Gospels, chock full of villains (religious leaders and others) in pursuit of an emerging hero (Jesus), are no different. Drawing first-century Jews into their familiar past and beckoning modern readers to join in its appreciation, these writers employ a literary tactic that intensifies this conflict; they depict these characters as Old Testament heroes and villains. To enter this fascinating, intertextual character portrayal, this book, in building on eighty years of lament studies, advances our understanding of the Synoptists's literary and rhetorical use of the Psalmic Lament in relation to other Old Testament motifs to characterize Jesus and his opponents. Other contributions made along the way, including insights into the Synoptists's literary appropriation of Isaiah's Servant, are all geared toward helping us better understand how Matthew, Mark, and Luke characterize their hero and villains.

The Hero in Literature

Author : Victor Brombert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Hero in Literature written by Victor Brombert and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Positive Hero in Russian Literature

Author : Rufus W. Mathewson
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810117167
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book The Positive Hero in Russian Literature written by Rufus W. Mathewson and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The positive hero was defined by the Soviets as one who set an example for the reader's behavior. As early as 1860, the merits of this ideal model were a central issue in the war between literary imagination and ideological criticism that raged in Russia for a hundred years." "In The Positive Hero in Russian Literature, Rufus W. Mathewson, Jr., brings a period of Russian literature to life and demonstrates how the battles over the positive hero reappeared with dramatic clarity in the dissident literary movement that developed after Stalin's death. Mathewson argues that the true continuity between nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian prose was to be found in this persistent conflict between contrary views of the real nature and proper uses of literature. This new edition of a widely acclaimed work, first published in 1958 and covering literary developments through 1946, includes chapters on Belinsky, Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn, and Sinyavsky." --Book Jacket.