The Reception of the Legend of Hero and Leander

von Brian Oliver Murdoch

412 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein Antike, Klassik, Mittelalter
• ISBN: 9789004400931
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 13.06.2019
• Größe: 236 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Brill