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Author : Christopher Marlowe
Release : 1821
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Book Synopsis Hero and Leander by : Christopher Marlowe
Download or read book Hero and Leander written by Christopher Marlowe. This book was released on 1821. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Silvia Montiglio
Release : 2017-11-01
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Myth of Hero and Leander by : Silvia Montiglio
Download or read book The Myth of Hero and Leander written by Silvia Montiglio. This book was released on 2017-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hero and Leander are the protagonists in a classical tale of epic but tragic love. Hero lives secluded in a tower on the European shore of the Hellespont, and Leander on the opposite side of the passage. Since they cannot hope to marry, the couple resolves to meet in secret: each night he swims across to her, guided by the light of her torch. But the time comes when a winter storm kills both the light and Leander. At dawn, Hero sees her lover's mangled body washed ashore, and so hurls herself from the tower to meet him in death. Silvia Montiglio here shows how and why this affecting story has proved to be one of the most popular and perennial mythologies in the history of the West. Discussing its singular drama, danger, pathos and eroticism, the author explores the origin of the legend and its rich and varied afterlives. She shows how it was used by Greek and Latin writers; how it developed in the Middle Ages - notably in the writings of Christine de Pizan - and Renaissance; how it inspired Byron to swim the Dardanelles; and how it has lived on in representations by artists including Rubens and Frederic Leighton.
Author : Brian Oliver Murdoch
Release : 2019-05-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander by : Brian Oliver Murdoch
Download or read book The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander written by Brian Oliver Murdoch. This book was released on 2019-05-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the literary reception of the love-story of Hero and Leander and its popularity from classical times to the present in different genres, from epigram to epic, and including drama, opera, burlesques and modern experimental works.
Author : Silvia Montiglio
Release : 2020-05-04
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Musaeus' Hero and Leander by : Silvia Montiglio
Download or read book Musaeus' Hero and Leander written by Silvia Montiglio. This book was released on 2020-05-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a new English translation of Musaeus' poem Hero and Leander, with the original Greek on the facing page, a substantial introduction and a detailed commentary. The tragic romance of Hero and Leander has had and still has a great appeal, inspiring countless writers, painters, sculptors, and musicians. The Introduction aims at situating the poem within its literary tradition and cultural context as well as at drawing its major themes and describing the salient features of its style. Because Hero and Leander enjoyed an immense and uninterrupted popularity, the Introduction also devotes a large section to the poem’s reception in literature, which crosses paths with the reception of the other main ancient poetic treatment of the legend, Ovid’s Heroides 18 and 19. The commentary, which follows the Greek text and its translation, is addressed to a variety of readers: the student and the scholar of Greek literature, as well as those of other literatures in which the poem has been inspirational. This work has no precedent in the English language. This new translation will be of interest to students and scholars of Greek and late antique literature, as well as those working on mythology and classical reception.
Author : Christopher Marlowe
Release : 1972
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Book Synopsis Hero and Leander by : Christopher Marlowe
Download or read book Hero and Leander written by Christopher Marlowe. This book was released on 1972. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
