Fifty Years, Fifty Heroes
Author : Ross Bernstein
Publisher : Ross Bernstein Enterprises
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 19,36 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Sports
ISBN : 9780963487117
Author : Ross Bernstein
Publisher : Ross Bernstein Enterprises
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 19,36 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Sports
ISBN : 9780963487117
Author : FitzRoy Richard Somerset Raglan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 12,42 MB
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780486427089
Heroic figures, invested with a common pattern that satisfies the human desire for idealization, are the focus of this intriguing study of legendary characters — from Oedipus and King Arthur to heroes of the Trojan War and Robin Hood. A fascinating study that will appeal to students of folklore, mythology, and history.
Author : Lord Raglan
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 32,28 MB
Release : 2013-05-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0486317145
Heroic figures, all with the human desire for idealization in common, are the focus of this study — from Oedipus and King Arthur to heroes of the Trojan War and Robin Hood.
Author : Dennis Denenberg
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2006-12-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 082257358X
Presents alphabetically arranged biographies highlighting the accomplishments of fifty Americans, from Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass to John Glenn and Yo-Yo Ma.
Author : Bruce Peabody
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 019998297X
From the men and women associated with the American Revolution and Civil War to the seminal figures in the struggles for civil and women's rights, Americans have been fascinated with icons of great achievement, or at least reputation. But who spins today's narratives about American heroism, and to what end? In Where Have All the Heroes Gone?, Bruce Peabody and Krista Jenkins draw on the concept of the American hero to show an important gap between the views of political and media elites and the attitudes of the mass public. The authors contend that important changes over the past half century, including the increasing scope of new media and people's deepening political distrust, have drawn both politicians and producers of media content to the hero meme. However, popular reaction to this turn to heroism has been largely skeptical. As a result, the conversations and judgments of ordinary Americans, government officials, and media elites are often deeply divergent. Investigating the story of American heroes over the past five decades provides a narrative that can teach us about such issues as political socialization, institutional trust, and political communication.
Author : Jim Krueger
Publisher : Dynamite Entertainment
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 24,49 MB
Release : 2018-07-18
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 1524107468
From the dawn of the 20th Century came a new chapter in mankind's history, unleashed during a time of great war and destruction. It was the beginning of the Age of the Superpowers, yet with the closing of the Second World War, this new spark seemingly flickered and died. Now the story can be told of the great lost superheroes — men and women with incredible abilities who changed the course of mankind forever, and who had been thought lost...until now! This book includes: - Project Superpowers Chapter 1: #0-7 - Project Superpowers #½ (Never before collected!) - Project Superpowers Chapter 2: #0-12 - Over 500 pages of story + more than 50 pages of bonus material by Alex Ross himself!
Author : Ross Bernstein
Publisher :
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 38,67 MB
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780931714986
Minnesotaís sports history comes to life like never before in a celebration of achievements. Ross Bernstein has taken 55 of the greatest moments during a span of 55 years and tied them into interviews and biographies of the athletes involved.
Author : Nicholas Horsfall
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 36,77 MB
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0192609319
Nicholas Horsfall was one of the most recognizable and influential Latinists of his generation. His main legacy is his work on Virgil and the five erudite commentaries on the Aeneid, but he was also a prolific writer of papers, both Virgilian and non-Virgilian. A number of Horsfall's papers, including the important 'Camilla', are translated in this volume for the first time. Stretching from 1971 to 2015, the papers are drawn from his entire output demonstrating his unparalleled ability to connect Roman poetry with history, antiquarianism, and Realien. While showcasing his unique analysis of Virgil, it also highlights Horsfall's work as both a Latinist and a Romanist, illuminating the coherence in his approach. This volume includes many Virgilian papers that have become classics--on Aeneas the colonist, and on the Aeneas-legend, for example. This does not detract from the value of the non-Virgilian papers, many of which--on the collegium poetarum, and on discussions of reading and libraries at Rome, for example--have become standard treatments of their subjects. Throughout all these works there is an astonishing degree of connection, with glimpses in many papers of his other research interests. 'Nicholas Horsfall needs to be approached through his short papers, typically fresh, innovative and stimulating, and he has been so productive that nobody can claim to have had a full view of his scholarship. When it comes to placing a literary text in the frames offered by material culture, documents, landscapes, history, and by religious, legal, military and antiquarian studies, he was unrivalled.' Professor Alessandro Barchiesi, Professor of Classics, New York University.
Author : Ernest Crosby
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 15,58 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 3734031524
Reproduction of the original: Captain Jinks, Hero by Ernest Crosby
Author : Pierre Brunel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1242 pages
File Size : 34,75 MB
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1317387147
First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster. Its coverage is international and draws on legends from prehistory to the modern age throughout literature, whether fiction, poetry or drama. Essays on classical figures, as well as later myths, explore the origin, development and various incarnations of their subjects. Alongside entries on western archetypes, are analyses of non-European myths from across the world, including Africa, China, Japan, Latin America and India. This book will be indispensable for students and teachers of literature, history and cultural studies, as well as anyone interested in the fascinating world of mythology. A detailed bibliography and index are included. ‘The Companion provides a fine interpretive road map to Western culture’s use of archetypal stories.’ Wilson Library Review ‘It certainly is a comprehensive volume... extremely useful.’ Times Higher Education Supplement