The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander /

This book is a study of the literary reception of the originally Greek love-story of Hero and Leander, examining the nature of the tale and demonstrating its longevity and huge popularity from classical times to the present, in a great variety of different genres. Chapters consider the classical ver...

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Main Author: Murdoch, Brian, 1944- (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.

Series: Brill's Companions to Classical Reception; volume19.
Brill's Companions in Classical Studies Online IV, ISBN: 9789004360280.

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Call Number: BL820.H53 M83 2019

Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright page /
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  • Dedication /
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  • Epigraph /
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  • Preface /
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  • Hero and Leander: Constants and Questions /
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  • The Classical World /
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  • Ovid (Often) Moralised: the Middle Ages /
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  • Heroical Poems: the Renaissance and After /
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  • Ballads, Folk and Literary /
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  • Focal Points: Reflections in the Lyric /
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  • The Challenge of Drama /
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  • The Waves of Sea and Love: Grillparzer and After /
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  • Choice Pieces of Drollery: the Burlesques /
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  • Set to Music: Cantatas, Operas, and Musical Plays /
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  • Modern Experiments /
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  • Some Shallow Story of Deep Love? /
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  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography /
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  • Index /
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