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- Heroes
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3by Allison, Scott T.Table of Contents: “…Heroes -- Exemplars -- Redemption -- Obstacles -- Evil -- Shaping.…”
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7by Wecter, Dixon, 1906-1950Table of Contents: “…Heroes in war and peace -- Captain John Smith and the Indians -- The Pilgrim fathers and the American way -- Poor Richard : the boy who made good -- The embattled farmers -- President Washington and Parson Weems -- Thomas Jefferson, the gentle radical -- Winning of the frontier : Boone, Crockett, and Johnny Appleseed -- Old Hickory -- Lincoln : the democrat as hero -- Lee : the aristocrat as hero -- General Grant and the gilded age -- The dime novel and Buffalo Bill -- Commoner and Rough Rider -- The Unknown Soldier : hero of the World War -- Gods from the machine : Edison, Ford, Lindbergh -- Champion of the New Deal -- How Americans choose their heroes.…”
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10by Thorslev, Peter L.Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Eighteenth-century hero types -- pt. 2. Romantic hero types -- pt. 3. …”
Published 1962
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12by Scheub, HaroldTable of Contents: “…The trickster, preparation for the hero -- pt. 2. The trickster in the hero -- pt. 3. …”
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16by Hook, Sidney, 1902-1989Table of Contents: “…The hero as event and problem -- The heroes of thought -- The influence of monarchs -- Social determinism: Hegel and Spencer -- Social determinism: orthodox Marxism -- The framework of heroic action -- "If" in history -- The contingent and the unforeseen -- The eventful man and the event-making man -- The Russian revolution: a test case -- The hero and democracy -- Law, freedom, and human action.…”
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30by Brenner, Anita, 1905-1974Subjects: “…Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.…”
Published 1953
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32by Kanavou, Nikoletta, 1977-Subjects: “…Homer -- Characters -- Heroes.…”
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34by Jones, C. P. (Christopher Prestige), 1940-Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Poetic heroes -- Local heroes -- Warriors and patriots -- Athletes, poets, philosophers -- Private heroes -- Greek heroes in a Roman world -- Antinoos -- Heroes and saints -- Appendix: Living heroes.…”
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37by Van Ghent, Dorothy Bendon, 1907-Subjects: “…Keats, John, -- 1795-1821 -- Characters -- Heroes.…”
Published 1983
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38by Currie, BrunoTable of Contents: “…pt. 1. Some themes in hero cult, Homer and Pindar -- pt. 2. Heroization in the fifth century BC -- pt. 3. …”
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41by Shalit, ErelTable of Contents: “…Preface: The Beggar in the Hero's Shadow --…”
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43by Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954-Subjects: “…Updike, John -- Characters -- Heroes.…”
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44by Doubrovsky, SergeSubjects: “…Corneille, Pierre, -- 1606-1684 -- Characters -- Heroes.…”
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46by Mendoza, Patrick M.Table of Contents: “…Silas Soule: a forgotten hero of Sand Creek --…”
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47by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel), 1867-Table of Contents: “…--Howard the Halt.--Roland, the hero of early France.--The Countess Cathleen.--Cuchulain, the champion of Ireland.…”
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48by Ebbutt, M. I. (Maud Isabel), 1867-Table of Contents: “…--Howard the Halt.--Roland, the hero of early France.--The Countess Cathleen.--Cuchulain, the champion of Ireland.…”
Published 1924
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49by Leeming, David Adams, 1937-Subjects: “…Heroes -- Mythology.…”
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60by Treglode, Benoi⁺єt deSubjects: “…Heroes -- Vietnam (Democratic Republic)…”
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61by Sanderson, BrandonSubjects: “…Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.…”
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64by Brower, Reuben A. (Reuben Arthur), 1908-1975Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the noble Moor -- Achilles hero -- Our Virgil -- Metamorphoses of the heroic -- Most lamentable Romaine tragedie -- The discovery of Plutarch: Julius Caesar -- The pensive man: Troilus and Cressida -- Hamlet hero -- Heroic tragedy, heroic love: Antony and Cleopatra -- The deeds of Coriolanus -- The limits of nobility -- everything and nothing: King Lear -- Epilogue.…”
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68by Datta, Venita, 1961-Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the fin-de-siècle cult of heroes -- 1. Gender, class, and heroism in the Bazar de la Charité fire of 1897 -- 2. …”
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69by Proser, Matthew N.Subjects: “…Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Heroes.…”
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70by Roberts, John W. (John Willie), 1949-Table of Contents: “…Br'er Rabbit and : Trickster Heroes in Slavery --- III. The Power Within: The Conjurer as Folk Hero --- IV. …”
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71by Low, AliceTable of Contents: “…Foreword -- Mother Earth and Her Children -- The Gods and Goddesses of Mount Olympus -- Zeus and the Creation of Mankind: Prometheus and His Gift to Man ; Pandora ; Deucalion and Pyrrha and the Great Flood -- Triumphs of the Gods ; Io and Europa ; Persephone ; Arachne ; Niobe ; Pygmalion ; Echo ; Narcissus ; Phaethon ; Orpheus ; Oedipus ; Bellerophan ; Atalanta -- The Heroes: Perseus -- The Prophecy -- Medusa -- Heracles -- The Crime -- The Labors -- Jason -- The Argonauts -- The Golden Fleece -- The Return Home -- Theseus -- The Banquet -- The Minotaur -- Daedalus -- Odysseus -- The Trojan War -- The Voyage of Odysseus -- The Constellations: Orion ; Cassiopeia ; Castor and Pollux -- Afterword -- Index.…”
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72Published 1907Subjects: “…Heroes -- Juvenile fiction.…”
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73by Stevenson, JaySubjects: “…Heroes -- United States -- Biography.…”
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75by Wisniewski, DavidSubjects: “…Heroes -- Pictorial works -- Juvenile fiction.…”
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85by Lewis, Wyndham, 1882-1957Table of Contents: “…Part I: Tudor England and Renaissance Italy -- The national situation of England under Elizabeth -- The empire -- Politics and the Elizabethan stage -- Italy and Europe -- Part II: Machiavelli -- The opposite experiences of Poggio and the English Milord -- Machiavelli in Elizabethan drama -- Machiavelli and the reformation -- The quality of Machiavelli's candour -- "Periods of transition" -- The individual hero or prince, and the Ottimati, for Machiavelli and Guicciardini -- Machiavelli, Georges Sorel and Nietzsche -- Frederick the Great -- Some consequences of Machiavellism -- The lady's response to Machiavelli -- Part III: Shakespeare and the king or hero -- The reason of the choice of the eminent for the purposes of tragedy -- The figure of the king -- The rôle of the jester or "vituperator," and the divinity "hedging" a king -- Singularity and responsibility -- Shakespeare as executioner -- Part IV: Shakespeare and the agent-principle -- Shakespeare a feminine genius -- Shakespeare's infatuation for Antony -- Shakespeare's work as "a criticism of action" -- The world of action and the world of tragedy -- Shakespeare as a showman -- Part V: The colossi of the third period -- Shakespeare's nihilism -- The manufacture of a Shakespearean colossus -- The "man of the world" -- Othello as the typical colossus -- Part VI: The two knights -- The contest of the lion and the fox in Shakespeare and Cervantes -- The form responsible for the mind -- Falstaff and Don Quixote -- Falstaff -- Part VII: Thersites and Apemantus -- Dr Bowdler and the Elizabethan mind -- Coriolanus and aristocratism -- Apemantus and Timon -- Thersites and the heroes of the Homeric saga -- Part VIII: Renan's Caliban and Chapman's Duke of Byron -- Resemblances in the political and ethical canons of Shakespeare and Chapman -- Renan's Caliban -- Some concluding observations -- Part IX: appendix: Shakespeare and race -- Race and the person -- The depersonalization of Shakespeare -- The "creeping Saxon" and the "Celt" -- Chivalry -- The plain unvarnished Celt -- Arnold's little farce, now for the first time rescued from its ironical setting for the English-speaking public.…”
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