Title The reception of the legend of Hero and Leander / by Brian Murdoch

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2019]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 409 pages) Series Brill's companion to classical reception ; volume 19 Brill's companions to classical reception ; v. 19. Contents Front Matter -- Copyright page / Brian Murdoch -- Dedication / Brian Murdoch -- Epigraph / Brian Murdoch -- Preface / BM -- Hero and Leander: Constants and Questions / Brian Murdoch -- The Classical World / Brian Murdoch -- Ovid (Often) Moralised: the Middle Ages / Brian Murdoch -- Heroical Poems: the Renaissance and After / Brian Murdoch -- Ballads, Folk and Literary / Brian Murdoch -- Focal Points: Reflections in the Lyric / Brian Murdoch -- The Challenge of Drama / Brian Murdoch -- The Waves of Sea and Love: Grillparzer and After / Brian Murdoch -- Choice Pieces of Drollery: the Burlesques / Brian Murdoch -- Set to Music: Cantatas, Operas, and Musical Plays / Brian Murdoch -- Modern Experiments / Brian Murdoch -- Some Shallow Story of Deep Love? / Brian Murdoch -- Back Matter -- Bibliography / Brian Murdoch -- Index / Brian Murdoch 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 13, 2020) Subject Hero (Greek mythological character) Leander (Greek mythological character) Hero (Greek mythological character) -- In literature Leander (Greek mythological character) -- In literature SUBJECT Hero (Greek mythological character) fast Leander (Greek mythological character) fast Subject European literature -- Greek influences European literature -- History and criticism Mythology, Greek, in literature. European literature European literature -- Greek influences Literature Mythology, Greek, in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Literary criticism Literary criticism. Critiques littéraires. Form Electronic book LC no. 2019980610 ISBN 9789004400948 900440094X

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