Hesitant heroes : private inhibition, cultural crisis /

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"Why, Theodore Ziolkowski wonders, does Western literature abound with figures who experience a crucial moment of uncertainty in their actions? In this highly original and engaging work, he explores the significance of these unlikely heroes for literature and history." "From Aeneas -...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ziolkowski, Theodore
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Heroes in literature.
Hesitation in literature.
Héros dans la littérature.
Hésitation dans la littérature.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Heroes in literature
Hesitation in literature
Zögern
Held > Motiv
Literatur
Helden (personen)
Personages.
Onzekerheid.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: The Paradox of the Hesitant Hero
  • Aeneas, or Hesitation in Hesperia
  • The Context
  • The Problematic Ending
  • To Kill or Not to Kill
  • Inhibition: The Pause That Represses
  • The Historical Analogy
  • Orestes, or Anguish in Argos
  • The Curse of the Atrides
  • Orestes' Hesitation
  • The Consequences
  • The Dramatic Context
  • The Historical Dimension
  • The Trojan Dilemma
  • Parzival, or Silence at Munsalvaesche
  • Parzival's Hesitation
  • The Mysteries of Munsalvaesche
  • The Sequel
  • The Hesitation Re-Viewed
  • Fin-de-sic̈le Concerns
  • Hamlet, or Anomy in Elsinore
  • Hamlet, Aeneas, Orestes
  • Preliminaries
  • Hamlet's "Antic Disposition"
  • The Rotten State
  • Time out of Joint
  • Wallenstein, or Evasions in Bohemia
  • The Background
  • Wallenstein's Delay
  • Wallenstein's Hesitation
  • War as Paradigm
  • Wavering Heroes, from Scotland to Spain
  • The Wavering Hero
  • The Hegelian View
  • Romantic Varieties
  • Modern Modifications.

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