Hero and Leander
Author : Christopher Marlowe
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Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,93 MB
Release : 1821
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Author : Christopher Marlowe
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Page : 228 pages
File Size : 20,93 MB
Release : 1821
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Author : Silvia Montiglio
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 15,19 MB
Release : 2017-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1786722909
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 : Musaeus (Grammaticus.)
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Page : 70 pages
File Size : 23,73 MB
Release : 1797
Category : Hero (Greek mythology)
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Author : Brian Oliver Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 2019-05-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 900440094X
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 : Judith Deborah Haber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2009-04-09
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521518679
This wide-ranging study uses close readings of texts by Marlowe, Shakespeare, Webster, Middleton and Ford to investigate the intersections of erotic desire and dramatic form in the early modern period, considering to what extent disruptive desires can successfully challenge, change or undermine the structures in which they are embedded.
Author : Musaeus (Grammaticus.)
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Page : 15 pages
File Size : 50,59 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Hero (Greek mythology)
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Author : Christopher Marlowe
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Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,3 MB
Release : 1821
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Author : Christopher Marlowe
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Page : pages
File Size : 46,12 MB
Release : 1972
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ISBN : 9780384354005
Author : William Shakespeare
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Page : 136 pages
File Size : 19,63 MB
Release : 1898
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Page : 26 pages
File Size : 35,70 MB
Release : 1770
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