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The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander
- Title
- The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander / by Brian Murdoch.
- Author
- Murdoch, Brian, 1944-
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
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Details
- Description
- xi, 409 pages; 25 cm.
- 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.
- Series Statement
- Brill's companion to classical reception ; volume 19
- Uniform Title
- Brill's companions to classical reception ; v. 19.
- Subjects
- Leander (Greek mythological character)
- Hero (Greek mythological character)
- European literature
- Leander (Greek mythological character) > In literature
- Hero (Greek mythological character) > In literature
- Mythology, Greek, in literature
- European literature > History and criticism
- European literature > Greek influences
- Literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-401).
- Contents
- Hero and Leander : constants and questions -- The classical world -- Ovid (often) moralised: the middle ages -- Heroical poems : the Renaissance and after -- Ballads, folk and literary -- Focal points : reflections in the lyric -- The challenge of drama -- The waves of sea and love : Grillparzer and after -- Choice pieces of drollery : the burlesques -- Set to music : cantatas, operas, and musical plays -- Modern experiments -- Some shallow story of deep love.
- Call Number
- JFE 20-5390
- ISBN
- 9789004400931
- 9004400931
- 9789004400948 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2019014058
- OCLC
- 1089573424
- Author
- Murdoch, Brian, 1944- author.
- Title
- The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander / by Brian Murdoch.
- Publisher
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Brill's companion to classical reception ; volume 19Brill's companions to classical reception ; v. 19.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [375]-401).
- Other Form:
- Online version: Murdoch, Brian, 1944- author. Reception of the legend of Hero and Leander. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019. 9789004400948 (DLC) 2019980610
- Research Call Number
- JFE 20-5390