Heroes and Heroism in British Fiction Since 1800, Korte
Автор: Evans Название: Spenser`s Anatomy of Heroism ISBN: 052112946X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521129466 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is a study of Spenser`s conception of the nature of heroism and the way it is embodied in the separate books of The Faerie Queene. Professor Evans stresses the coherence of Spenser`s scheme of virtues and examines the fusion of Christian symbol and classic myth through which the underlying Christian theme is expressed.
Автор: James Название: The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction since 1945 ISBN: 110704023X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107040236 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 12355.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Covering subjects from immigration and environmentalism to science and globalism, The Cambridge Companion to British Fiction since 1945 provides insight into the critical traditions shaping the literary landscape of modern Britain, thus making it an essential resource for students and specialists alike.
Автор: Smyth, Gerry Название: Music in contemporary british fiction ISBN: 0230573282 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230573284 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Alongside readings of modern novels (including work by David Mitchell, Zadie Smith, Jackie Kay and Andrew O`Hagan), Gerry Smyth offers an extended theoretical analysis of the relationship between music and fiction, as well as a critical overview of the role played by music in the canon of British fiction since the eighteenth century.
Автор: Rotunno Laura Название: Postal Plots in British Fiction, 1840-1898 ISBN: 1137323795 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137323798 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: By 1840, the epistolary novel was dead. Letters in Victorian fiction, however, were unmistakably alive. Postal Plots explores how Victorian postal reforms unleashed a new and sometimes unruly population into the Victorian literary marketplace where they threatened the definition and development of the Victorian literary professional.
Автор: Kohen Название: Untangling Heroism ISBN: 1138944726 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138944725 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 6430.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
The idea of heroism has become thoroughly muddled today. In contemporary society, any behavior that seems distinctly difficult or unusually impressive is classified as heroic: everyone from firefighters to foster fathers to freedom fighters are our heroes. But what motivates these people to act heroically and what prevents other people from being heroes? In our culture today, what makes one sort of hero appear more heroic than another sort?
In order to answer these questions, Ari Kohen turns to classical conceptions of the hero to explain the confusion and to highlight the ways in which distinct heroic categories can be useful at different times. Untangling Heroism argues for the existence of three categories of heroism that can be traced back to the earliest Western literature - the epic poetry of Homer and the dialogues of Plato - and that are complex enough to resonate with us and assist us in thinking about heroism today. Kohen carefully examines the Homeric heroes Achilles and Odysseus and Plato's Socrates, and then compares the three to each other. He makes clear how and why it is that the other-regarding hero, Socrates, supplanted the battlefield hero, Achilles, and the suffering hero, Odysseus. Finally, he explores in detail four cases of contemporary heroism that highlight Plato's success.
Kohen states that in a post-Socratic world, we have chosen to place a premium on heroes who make other-regarding choices over self-interested ones. He argues that when humans face the fact of their mortality, they are able to think most clearly about the sort of life they want to have lived, and only in doing that does heroic action become a possibility. Kohen's careful analysis and rethinking of the heroism concept will be relevant to scholars across the disciplines of political science, philosophy, literature, and classics.
Автор: Snyder, Carey J. Название: British fiction and cross-cultural encounters ISBN: 0230602916 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230602915 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book reveals that British modernists read widely in anthropology and ethnography, sometimes conducted their own `fieldwork`, and thematized the challenges of cultural encounters in their fiction, letters, and essays.
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