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The Epic Hero

Author : Dean A. Miller
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 080187792X
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Epic Hero written by Dean A. Miller and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-05-22 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title From Odysseus to Aeneas, from Beowulf to King Arthur, from the Mahâbhârata to the Ossetian "Nart" tales, epic heroes and their stories have symbolized the power of the human imagination. Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed typology of the hero in Western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans Western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies. A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animals and sometimes monsters), foes, foils, and even antitypes. The Epic Hero provides a comprehensive and provocative guide to epic heroes, and to the richly imaginative tales they inhabit.

Spenser, Milton, and the Redemption of the Epic Hero

Author : Christopher Bond
Publisher : University of Delaware
ISBN 13 : 1611490677
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book Spenser, Milton, and the Redemption of the Epic Hero written by Christopher Bond and published by University of Delaware. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the interplay of theology and poetics in the three great epics of early modern England, the Faerie Queene, Paradise Lost, and Paradise Regained. Bond examines how Spenser and Milton adapted the pattern of dual heroism developed in classical and Medieval works. Challenging the opposition between 'Calvinist,' 'allegorical' Spenser and 'Arminian,' 'dramatic' Milton, this book offers a new understanding of their doctrinal and literary affinities within the European epic tradition.

Beowulf

Author :
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486111105
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Beowulf written by and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finest heroic poem in Old English celebrates the exploits of Beowulf, a young nobleman of southern Sweden. Combines myth, Christian and pagan elements, and history into a powerful narrative. Genealogies.

The Best of the Argonauts

Author : James J. Clauss
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520360400
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Best of the Argonauts written by James J. Clauss and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-05-28 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revelatory exploration of Book One of the Argonautica rescues Jason from his status as the ineffectual hero of Apollonius' epic poem. James J. Clauss argues that by posing the question, "Who is the best of the Argonauts?" Apollonius redefines the epic hero and creates, in Jason, a man more realistic and less awesome than his Homeric predecessors, one who is vulnerable, dependent on the help of others, even morally questionable, yet ultimately successful. In bringing Apollonius' "curious and demanding poem" to life, Clauss illuminates two features of the poet's narrative style: his ubiquitous allusions to the poetry of others, especially Homer, and the carefully balanced structural organization of his episodes. The poet's subtextual interplay is explored, as is his propensity for underscoring the manipulation of the poetry of others through ring composition. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1993.

The Rama Epic

Author : Robert P. Goldman
Publisher : Asian Art Museum
ISBN 13 : 9780939117765
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book The Rama Epic written by Robert P. Goldman and published by Asian Art Museum . This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection by the Asian Art Museum is a selection of works depicting the ancient Rama Epic. The Rama Epic—recounting the struggle of Prince Rama to defeat a demonic king, rescue his abducted wife, and reestablish order in the world—has been a subject for visual and performing arts, literature, and religious thought in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia for many centuries. A huge number of artworks relating to the Rama legends have been made over the course of 1500 years in a dozen countries. The Rama Epic: Hero, Heroine, Ally, Foe illustrates some of the most important episodes involving the four primary characters: the hero, Rama; the heroine, Rama's wife Sita; the ally, Rama's faithful monkey lieutenant Hanuman; and the foe, the ten-headed demon king Ravana.

The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours

Author : Gregory Nagy
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674244192
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours written by Gregory Nagy and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-10 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be a hero? The ancient Greeks who gave us Achilles and Odysseus had a very different understanding of the term than we do today. Based on the legendary Harvard course that Gregory Nagy has taught for well over thirty years, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores the roots of Western civilization and offers a masterclass in classical Greek literature. We meet the epic heroes of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, but Nagy also considers the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the songs of Sappho and Pindar, and the dialogues of Plato. Herodotus once said that to read Homer was to be a civilized person. To discover Nagy’s Homer is to be twice civilized. “Fascinating, often ingenious... A valuable synthesis of research finessed over thirty years.” —Times Literary Supplement “Nagy exuberantly reminds his readers that heroes—mortal strivers against fate, against monsters, and...against death itself—form the heart of Greek literature... [He brings] in every variation on the Greek hero, from the wily Theseus to the brawny Hercules to the ‘monolithic’ Achilles to the valiantly conflicted Oedipus.” —Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Monthly

Planet Omar: Epic Hero Flop

Author : Zanib Mian
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593407172
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Planet Omar: Epic Hero Flop written by Zanib Mian and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Omar and his friends are up to a new heroic adventure in the fourth installment of this highly-illustrated middle-grade series starring a Muslim boy with a huge imagination. Is there ever a good time to tell a lie? When his best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save Daniel from getting in trouble—which makes Omar feel like a total hero! Being treated like a hero feels great, so he does it again. But then something more serious happens, and all eyes land on Omar. Uh-oh. The principal is convinced that Omar must have done it. Will he and his friends be able to prove his innocence, or is his good reputation ruined forever?

Mythologizing Jesus

Author : Dennis R. MacDonald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442233508
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book Mythologizing Jesus written by Dennis R. MacDonald and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our culture is well-populated with superheroes: Superman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, and more. Superheroes are not a modern invention; in fact, they are prehistoric. The gods and goddesses of the Greeks, for example, walked on water, flew, visited the land of the dead, and lived forever. Ancient Christians told similar stories about Jesus, their primary superhero—he possessed incredible powers of healing, walked on water, rose from the dead, and more. Dennis R. MacDonald shows how the stories told in the Gospels parallel many in Greek and Roman epics with the aim of compelling their readers into life-changing decisions to follow Jesus. MacDonald doesn’t call into question the existence of Jesus but rather asks readers to examine the biblical stories about him through a new, mythological lens.

Epic Heroes on Screen

Author : Antony Augoustakis
Publisher : Screening Antiquity
ISBN 13 : 9781474454636
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book Epic Heroes on Screen written by Antony Augoustakis and published by Screening Antiquity. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2000, numerous heroes of the ancient world have appeared on film and TV, from the mythical Hercules to leaders of the Greek and Roman worlds. This collection brings together a range of perspectives on twenty-first century cinematic representations of heroes from the ancient world.

The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes

Author : Arthur Hatto
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107103215
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book The World of the Khanty Epic Hero-Princes written by Arthur Hatto and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deeply analyses the little-known tradition of oral heroic epic poetry of the Khanty, an indigenous people of Siberia.

Zero to Hero, Hero to Zero

Author : Lydia Langerwerf
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1527551830
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (275 download)

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Download or read book Zero to Hero, Hero to Zero written by Lydia Langerwerf and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2020-05-15 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hercules is a hero; we were all brought up to appreciate the basic idea of the ancient hero. But what about him makes him one? This book aims to challenge some of the standard expectations as to what constitutes a hero, considering the phenomenon of heroism from a range of viewpoints. In this book we invite you to walk around the monumental notions of the hero and heroism, and endeavour to reach out and touch them on all sides. The chapters in this volume testify to the difficulty of answering the question ‘what is a hero?’ and engage with a variety of themes in attempting to offer some replies. They demonstrate not just the variety of ways in which the protagonists of ancient literature can be deemed heroic, but also the tendency for aspects of heroism to turn sour once identified. It seems that the moment we recognise heroic features, we are forced to question them. Do heroes necessitate anti-heroes, for example? Portraying protagonists’ heroic qualities in an ambigous light focuses the reader’s attention on the problem of realising the ideals of heroism in historic actuality. Various chapters ask the rhetorical question of whether we should expect, or more importantly, desire historical actors to behave like mythical heroes. To what extent can a hero ever be integrated into normal society? What difference might there be between a tragic and an epic hero? The commonplace ‘The only good hero is a dead hero’ summarises the extent to which this book also focuses on heroic death and dying. Covering Euripides to Monty Python, Roman soldiers to the modern military, this volume offers the reader a chance to think about the changing notion of the hero and recognise heroic qualities throughout western culture.

Sister of Grendel: A Novel

Author : Susan Thurston
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1882699017
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book Sister of Grendel: A Novel written by Susan Thurston and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the ancient epic, Grendel and his mother are monsters slain by the hero warrior Beowulf. In Sister of Grendel we learn a different truth, told by the lone witness to their brutal deaths. In this powerful and poignant reimagining, Grendel has a sister, Rehsotis. She and her brother are not monsters, but Anathians, who possess refined language and intelligence, great physical strength, and longevity. They live close to the natural and spiritual world, are skilled in herbal medicine, music, and magic, and can enter the dreams of sleeping humans. Rehsotis and Grendel are among the last of their race. Ultimately, Rehsotis must bridge the dangerous divide with humankind-the Smallheaded-with the help of her few allies, including a forsaken monk, a grieving lover, and a trusting child.

The Hero's Journey

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : New World Library
ISBN 13 : 9781577314042
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Hero's Journey written by Joseph Campbell and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2003 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joseph Campbell, arguably the greatest mythologist of our time, was certainly one of our greatest storytellers.

Paradise Lost

Author : John Milton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Paradise Lost written by John Milton and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hero Service Dogs

Author : Jennifer Boothroyd
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
ISBN 13 : 1512436518
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book Hero Service Dogs written by Jennifer Boothroyd and published by Lerner Publications ™. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do service dogs do? Service dogs work with people who need help with some special tasks. They can open doors and even bring medicine to their sick owners! Learn all about these furry helpers and watch them at work in this playful book.

Heroic Heroes

Author : Michael DeMocker
Publisher : Purple Toad Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781624690525
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Heroic Heroes written by Michael DeMocker and published by Purple Toad Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was the greatest hero of Ancient Greece? Who killed the most monsters? Who rescued the most damsels in distress? Who was the coolest dude in sandals? Listen to the heroes themselves as they tell the stories of their adventures and decide for yourself who was the most HEROIC HERO!

The Hero with a Thousand Faces

Author : Joseph Campbell
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0586085718
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Hero with a Thousand Faces written by Joseph Campbell and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 1988 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of heroism in the myths of the world - an exploration of all the elements common to the great stories that have helped people make sense of their lives from the earliest times. It takes in Greek Apollo, Maori and Jewish rites, the Buddha, Wotan, and the bothers Grimm's Frog-King.