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The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander / by Brian Murdoch.
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America) Available online
EBSCOhost Academic eBook Collection (North America)- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murdoch, Brian, 1944- author.
- Series:
- Brill's Companions to Classical Reception; volume19.
- Brill's Companions to Classical Reception; volume19
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- European literature--Greek influences.
- European literature--History and criticism.
- Mythology, Greek, in literature.
- Hero (Greek mythological character).
- Leander (Greek mythological character).
- Hero (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
- Leander (Greek mythological character)--In literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (421 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden Boston : BRILL, 2019.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright page / Brian Murdoch
- Dedication / Brian Murdoch
- Epigraph / Brian Murdoch
- Preface / BM
- Hero and Leander: Constants and Questions / Brian Murdoch
- The Classical World / Brian Murdoch
- Ovid (Often) Moralised: the Middle Ages / Brian Murdoch
- Heroical Poems: the Renaissance and After / Brian Murdoch
- Ballads, Folk and Literary / Brian Murdoch
- Focal Points: Reflections in the Lyric / Brian Murdoch
- The Challenge of Drama / Brian Murdoch
- The Waves of Sea and Love: Grillparzer and After / Brian Murdoch
- Choice Pieces of Drollery: the Burlesques / Brian Murdoch
- Set to Music: Cantatas, Operas, and Musical Plays / Brian Murdoch
- Modern Experiments / Brian Murdoch
- Some Shallow Story of Deep Love? / Brian Murdoch
- Back Matter
- Bibliography / Brian Murdoch
- Index / Brian Murdoch.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
- ISBN:
- 90-04-40094-X
- OCLC:
- 1096238232
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004400948 DOI
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