Autore	King Katherine Callen
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Malden, Massachusetts : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , [2009]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (220 p.)
Disciplina	809.132
Collana	Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World
Soggetto topico	Epic poetry - History and criticism Poetry, Ancient - History and criticism Heroes in literature
ISBN	1-4443-0855-6 1-118-29345-2 1-282-11644-4 9786612116445 1-4443-0854-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	The epic of Gilgamesh -- The context of Homeric epic -- The Iliad -- The Odyssey -- The Argonautika of Apollonios of Rhodes -- The context of Roman epic -- The Aeneid of Virgil -- The Metamorphoses of Ovid.
Record Nr.	UNISA-996441545403316

Autore	Puhvel Martin <1933->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1979
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (153 p.)
Disciplina	942.01
Soggetto topico	Celts - Folklore Heroes in literature Dragons in literature Monsters in literature English poetry - Celtic influences Celtic literature - History and criticism Comparative literature - Celtic and English Comparative literature - English and Celtic Epic poetry, English (Old) - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-55458-769-7 1-282-23367-X 9786613811417 0-88920-641-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Review of the case for Celtic influence in Beowulf -- The might of Grendel's mother -- The light-phenomenon in Grendel's dwelling -- The melting of the giantwrought sword -- Beowulf and Irish battle rage -- The swimming prowess of Beowulf -- Beowulf and Celtic tradition water-monsters -- Beowulf and Irish underwater adventure -- Beowulf's slaying of Daeghrefn -- The question of the origin of the Grendel story.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910154732203321

Autore	Clauss James Joseph
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Berkeley, : University of California Press, c1993
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (xviii, 238 p. )
Disciplina	883/.01
Collana	Hellenistic culture and society The best of the Argonauts Hellenistic culture and society
Soggetto topico	Argonauts (Greek mythology) in literature - History and criticism - Greece Epic poetry, Greek - Mythology Heroes Heroes in literature Languages & Literatures Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures
ISBN	0-585-19345-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910495868903321

Autore	Bernstein Michael André <1947->
Edizione	[Course Book]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c1992
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (254 p.)
Disciplina	809/.93353
Soggetto topico	Abjection in literature Heroes in literature Cynicism in literature Comparative literature - Themes, motives
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-75153-0 9786612751530 1-4008-2063-4 1-4008-1104-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Murder and the Utopian Moment -- PART I: PROBLEMS AND PRECURSORS -- One. I Wear Not Motley in My Brain: Slaves, Fools, and Abject Heroes -- Two. O Totiens Servus: Horace, Juvenal, and the Classical Saturnalia -- Part II: THE ABJECT HERO EMERGES -- Three. Oui, Monsieur le Philosophe: Diderot's Le Neveu de Rameau -- PART III: THE POETICS OF RESSENTIMENT -- Four. Lacerations: The Novels of Fyodor Dostoevsky -- Five. L'Apocalypse à Crédit: Louis-Ferdinand Céline's War Trilogy -- Six. These Children That Come at You with Knives: Charles Manson and the Modern Saturnalia -- Notes -- Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455524203321

Autore	Martín Desirée A. <1972->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2014]
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (268 p.)
Disciplina	810.9/868
Collana	Latinidad: Transnational Cultures in the United States
Soggetto topico	American literature - Mexican American authors - History and criticism Mexican American literature (Spanish) - History and criticism Mexican literature - History and criticism Secularism in literature Holy, The, in literature Heroes in literature
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8135-6235-X
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction: The secular sanctity of borderlands saints -- Saint of contradiction: Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora -- The remains of Pancho Villa -- Canonizing César Chávez -- Todos somos santos: Subcomandante Marcos and the EZLN -- Illegal marginalizations: La Santísima Muerte -- Conclusion: Narrative devotion.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910453511903321