03071nam 2200649Ia 450 991078003610332120200520144314.00-8018-7792-X(CKB)111056486615094(OCoLC)51493796(CaPaEBR)ebrary10021543(SSID)ssj0000148654(PQKBManifestationID)11177051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000148654(PQKBWorkID)10225372(PQKB)10252742(SSID)ssj0000474773(PQKBManifestationID)12166795(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000474773(PQKBWorkID)10455151(PQKB)10816888(OCoLC)1227051508(MdBmJHUP)muse85960(Au-PeEL)EBL3318088(CaPaEBR)ebr10021543(OCoLC)923191162(MiAaPQ)EBC3318088(EXLCZ)9911105648661509419990713d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe epic hero[electronic resource] /Dean A. MillerJohns Hopkins paperbacks ed.Baltimore, Md. Johns Hopkins University Press20001 online resource (518 p.) Originally published: 2000.0-8018-7094-1 0-8018-6239-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-485) and index.Introduction: The Book of the Hero -- 1. The Hero from on High -- 2. The Heroic Biography -- 3. The Framework of Adventure -- 4. The Hero "Speaks" -- 5. Foils, Fools, and Antiheroes -- 6. Tertium Quid: Aspects of Liminality -- 7. The Final Hero: Beyond Immortality."Drawing on diverse disciplines including classics, anthropology, psychology, and literary studies, this product of twenty years' scholarship provides a detailed topology of the hero in western myth: birth, parentage, familial ties, sexuality, character, deeds, death, and afterlife. Dean A. Miller examines the place of the hero in the physical world (wilderness, castle, prison cell) and in society (among monarchs, fools, shamans, rivals, and gods). He looks at the hero in battle and quest; at his political status; and at his relationship to established religion. The book spans western epic traditions, including Greek, Roman, Nordic, and Celtic, as well as the Indian and Persian legacies. A large section of the book also examines the figures who modify or accompany the hero: partners, helpers (animal and sometimes monstrous), foes, foils, and even antitypes."--Jacket.Epic literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etcHeroes in literatureEpic literatureHistory and criticismTheory, etc.Heroes in literature.809/.93352Miller Dean A213762MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780036103321Epic hero1231402UNINA