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Hero : the life and legend of Lawrence of Arabia /
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The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestseller "Ike" returns with a definitive new biography of the legendary British scholar, adventurer, soldier, and hero who became a myth in his lifetime--T.E. Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia.
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xvii, 762 pages, [24] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9780061712616
Mensch, Heros, Gott : Weltentwürfe und Lebensmodelle im Mythos der Vormoderne /
: Papers presented at a symposium held in November 2006 at Centrum für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Mittelmeerraums (GKM) der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität Münster. : 183 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and index. : 9783515092944 : wafaa.lib
Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero : Texts and Traditions of the Farāmarznāme and the Persian Epic Cycle.
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In Farāmarz, the Sistāni Hero Marjolijn van Zutphen discusses the manuscripts, storylines and main themes of the shorter and the longer Farāmarznāme (c. 1100), in relation to Ferdowsi's Shāhnāme and several other later maṡnawis about the warriors from Sistān (the Persian Epic Cycle). Farāmarz, a secondary figure of the Shāhnāme , gained importance in later epic traditions and as the invincible protagonist of both Farāmarznāmes reached a status that equalled, if not surpassed, that of his famous father Rostam. Van Zutphen further shows how Farāmarz displays parallels to the fictional figures of Garshāsp (his ancestor) and Eskandar and argues that some story elements of Farāmarz's Indian conquest may be rooted in historical events from both the Parthian and the Ghaznawid period.
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Description based upon print version of record.
7 Conclusion. :
1 online resource (790 pages) :
9789004268289 :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander /
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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 versions (Ovid, Musaios, Martial), medieval and renaissance versions in various European languages, folk and literary ballads (and even a pop song), the lyric, dramatic versions, settings to music, burlesques and travesties in all genres, modern reflections of the story in (experimental) literary forms.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004400948
Gods and heroes of the European Bronze Age /
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"25th Council of Europe Art Exhibition"--Pages iv.
"Catalogue" : pages [207]-279.
OCLC 40609819
Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Gods and heroes of the Bronze Age. Europe at the time of Ulysses", etc., held from Dec. 19, 1998-April 5, 1999, at the National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen; from May 13 to Aug. 22, 1999, at the Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschlands, Bonn; from Sept. 28, 1999, to Jan. 9, 2000 at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris; and from Feb. 11 to May 7, 2000 at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. :
xi, 304 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-296). :
0500019150
Sexualités décadentes chez Jean Lorrain : Le héros fin-de-sexe /
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Voici pour la première fois une étude détaillée du phénomène de la Décadence littéraire qui met en exergue l'influence centrale de l'homosexualité masculine dans le développement de ce mouvement artistique qui vit le jour à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle. Divisée en deux parties intimement liées, cette étude consiste d'abord en un retour aux sources littéraires et, ensuite, en une analyse spécifique de la pratique du genre sous l'optique originale des sexualités décadentes. La vie et l'œuvre de Jean Lorrain [1855-1906], écrivain normand, fournissent la matière à un examen innovateur de cette Décadence toujours mal définie. L'originalité de l'apport de cette œuvre réside surtout dans le choix des textes de Lorrain et l'approche critique 'gaie et lesbienne' que l'on adopte pour déconstruire astucieusement ses romans masculins - à savoir, Monsieur de Bougrelon [1897], Monsieur de Phocas [1901], et Le Vice errant [1902]. Les trois personnages principaux forment une sorte de triptyque littéraire de la Décadence physique, morale et sociale de l'époque. D'une façon convaincante Winn arrive à dépeindre le portrait d'un Lorrain héraut de la littérature gaie contemporaine. Destinée aux théoriciens de la Décadence et aux amateurs de l'œuvre de Lorrain, cette étude constitue aussi une démarche innovatrice dans le domaine de l'histoire de la sexualité. En appendice l'on peut lire plusieurs lettres inédites signées Lorrain. See Less
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1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004648753
The Hero's Life-Choice - Studies on Heracles at the Crossroads, the Judgement of Paris...
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Two allegorical ancient Greek stories about a young hero's career- defining choice are shown in this book to have later been appropriated to radically differing effects. E.g. a male's choice between female personifications can morph into a female's choice between the same, or between various male personifications. Never before have so many instances of this process from art, literature, music, even landscape gardening, been culled. Illustrations, mainly colour, many brought into this context for the first time, are conveniently incorporated into the text, thus mimetically mirroring a central theme of the book, the process of 'visualising the verbal, verbalising the visual.'
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1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004678958
Samson : hero or fool? : the many faces of Samson /
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Samson is a peculiar character. He is the most powerful of the Israelite judges and three whole chapters in the book of Judges are allocated to him. Yet he demonstrates many weaknesses, not least for the charms of women. In the international conference "Samson: Hero or Fool?" organised at the University of Nijmegen in April, 2008, the texts of Judges 16-18 were studied from different perspectives, investigating how the complex character of this (anti)hero lived on in various ways in the later traditions about him. The contributions discuss also the reception history of the Samson traditions in later Jewish, Christian and Islamic literature, as well as his representation in figurative and performing arts
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Includes index. :
1 online resource. :
9789004262362 :
1388-3909 ;