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Black Camelot: African-American Culture Heroes in Their Times, 1960-1980

Book by William L. Van Deburg; University of Chicago Press, 1997

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African Americans--Race Identity, African Americans--Social Life And Customs, Heroes--United States--History--20th Century, Popular Culture--United States--History--20th Century

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Supernigger," who likened himself to both ancient Roman and African-American folk heroes in his own playfully boastful poems, was "the...Power era heroism. 104 Like many other sports heroes of the 1960s and 1970s, Clay/ Ali appeared larger...
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On Heroes

Book by Philostratus, Jennifer K. Berenson Maclean, Ellen Bradshaw Aitken; Brill, 2003

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Dialogues, Greek--Translations Into English, Heroes--Early Works To 1800, Trojan War--Early Works To 1800

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Philology CQ Classical Quarterly GRBS Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies Her. On Heroes Hist. Histories HTR Harvard Theological...Journal of Hellenic Studies JRA Journal of Roman Archaeology JRS Journal of Roman Studies LCL Loeb Classical Library LIMC...
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The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television

Book by Atara Stein; Southern Illinois University Press, 2004

Subjects:

Heroes In Literature, Heroes In Motion Pictures

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...thoroughly undermines those heroes when they evolve from rebels...popular texts applaud their heroes transition into a leadership...Maturin examines the Byronic hero from a theological perspective...with contemporary villain-heroes. Such heroes embody the irresistible...to Byron-Glenarvon in her roman a clef of her relationship...
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Heroic in History

Book by Thomas Carlyle; Frederick A. Stokes & Brother, 1888

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Fiction, Heroes

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...The worlds wages are pocketed, the worlds work is not done. Heroes have gone out; Quacks have come in. Ac cordingly, what Century, since the end of the Roman world, which also was a time of scepticism, simulacra and...Chatham himself lives the stran gest mimetic life, half-hero, half-quack, all along. For indeed the world is full of...
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The Indian Chief as Tragic Hero: Native Resistance and the Literatures of America, from Moctezuma to Tecumseh

Book by Gordon M. Sayre; University of North Carolina Press, 2005

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American Drama (Tragedy)--History And Criticism, American Literature--History And Criticism, Heroes In Literature, Indians In Literature, Indians Of North America--Historiography, Indians Of North America--Kings And Rulers--Biography--History And Criticism, Indians Of North America--Wars--Historiography

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...1712), under the term Roman Plays. Liberty Asserted...figures. From Addisons hero, Juba, to Robert Rogerss...the suffering native heroes in Drydens Indian Emperor...politics. The Indian tragic heroes embody the republican...Founding Fathers, but the heroes ultimately must sacrifice...the Native American hero exhibits republican virtues...

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Journal Articles on: roman heroes

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Vico's Age of Heroes and the Age of Men in John Ford's Film 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Journal article by Mark W. Roche, Vittorio Hosle; CLIO, Vol. 23, 1994

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Heroes in motion pictures--Analysis, Rationalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Vico, Giambattista--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...ambivalence toward the age of heroes is shown by his introduction of two representatives: a good hero and an evil one, (1.) The...nostalgia for the world of heroes. Tom is not just a stubborn hero of the past, a man of formal...last attempt to defend the old Roman aristocracy (an age of heroes); Pompey is in this sense...
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New Heroes in Antiquity: From Achilles to Antinoos

Journal article by Daniel B. Levine; The Historian, Vol. 73, 2011

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Books--Book reviews, New Heroes in Antiquity: From Achilles to Antinoos (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...unambiguously called a hero" (41). Chapters 2 through 4, "Local Heroes"; "Warriors and Patriots...etc.). "Private Heroes" and "Greek Heroes in a Roman World" (chapters 5...postclassical use of the word "hero" is more than simply...
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Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes

Journal article by David Potter; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, 2005

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Books--Book reviews, Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes. by David Potter Flavius Philostratus: On Heroes. Translated by JENNIFER...Writings from the Greco-Roman World, vol. 3. Atlanta...reassert the importance of hero cult and Greek tradition...leave the issue of actual hero cult to those who are...mythographic tradition in the Roman empire. Philostratus...generous treatment of Trojan heroes and interest in sport...
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Yamato-Takeru: An 'Arthurian' Hero in Japanese Tradition

Journal article by C. Scott Littleton; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 54, 1995

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Arthur, King of the Britons--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Central Asia--Folklore, legends, etc., Folklore--Structural analysis, Heroes--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Iran--Folklore, legends, etc., Japan--Folklore, legends, etc., Yamato-takeru (Japanese mythology)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...at the end of the Roman period (NICKEL...adventures of a band of heroes called the Nartah...aunt of the young hero. Armed with this...immediately following the Roman withdrawal.(28...Batraz, the Japanese hero has a propensity...this respect, both heroes have less in common...Joseph 1968 The hero with a thousand...trans. 1927 Dios Roman history, vol...Paris: Payot. 1978 Romans de Scythie et dalentour...
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Learning from the Dead: Wounds, Women, and Activism in Cherrie Moraga's Heroes and Saints

Journal article by Linda Margarita Greenberg; MELUS, Vol. 34, 2009

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Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Heroes and Saints (Collection)--Criticism and interpretation, Moraga, Cherrie--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation

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...Activism in Cherrie Moragas Heroes and Saints. by Linda Margarita...Yarbro-Bejarano discusses Heroes and Saints re-envisioning...with her political work, David Roman examines the play in the context...sexuality, and spirituality. Heroes and Saints critiques the heteronormativity...

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Magazine Articles on: roman heroes

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Still out for Blood: His First Novel, about a Gay Roman Vampire in Love with Jesus, Landed Him in Hot Water with the Religious Right. but Author Michael Schiefelbein Is Back-And So Is His Unholy Hero

Magazine article by Adam B. Vary; The Advocate, June 10, 2003

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...for Blood: His First Novel, about a Gay Roman Vampire in Love with Jesus, Landed Him...Schiefelbein Is Back-And So Is His Unholy Hero. by Adam B. Vary "I wanted Jesus...pulpy first novel about Victor Decimus, a Roman officer under Pontius Pilate who becomes...
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We've ABANDONED HEROES, but We Still NEED Them

Magazine article by Peter Gibbon; The American Enterprise, Vol. 11, September 2000

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Americans--Public opinion, Celebrities--Public opinion, Heroes--Social aspects, Mass media--Social aspects

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...but not who wins the Carnegie Hero Medal, the Congressional Medal...Freedom. How did we lose our heroes? A number of elements in our...broken, we understand valor. Heroes remind us of our better and...part of you that wants to be a hero or a saint, but another part...farm if he had not revered the Roman politician Cato. On the other hand, without heroes the American past loses meaning...
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Ordinary Heroes: Founders of Our Republic

Magazine article by Robert V. Remini; Humanities, Vol. 24, July 2003

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Heroism & heroes, History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...them George Washington was a hero without equal. He was "the...what to call this venerable hero? The Constitution called him...streets to cheer this "supreme hero." Dressed in a suit (not...thin-lipped, his prominent Roman nose the most distinguishing...continuation of a long chain of heroes stretching back to the colonists...
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The Lessons of Ancient Rome: In the Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic, Author Steve Bonta Examines the Lessons of the Growth and Decline of the Roman State in the Centuries before the Empire

Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 22, June 12, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Lessons for Modern America (Book)--Book reviews

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...Most significantly, the Roman Republic fought a series of...nearly saw the defeat of the Roman state. Just as the United...the Second World War, the Roman Republic emerged from its wars...States in the 20th century, the Romans struggled with class division...drama and beauty, peopled with heroes and scoundrels. With grace...
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Celebrity in the Ancient World: Robert Garland Considers the Meaning of Fame and Celebrity to the Greeks and Romans

Magazine article by Robert Garland; History Today, Vol. 55, March 2005

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Ancient Greek civilization--Social aspects, Ancient Roman civilization--Social aspects, Celebrities--History, Civilization, Greek--Social aspects, Conduct of life, Socrates

Collections: History, Entire Library

...the Greeks and Romans. by Robert Garland...In the Greco-Roman world, the means...The eponymous hero of The Epic Gilgamesh...though the Homeric heroes, like their...Aeneas, a hero of a very different...status in the Roman world was most...his army: the Romans understood the...Aspects of the Roman Theatre (Hakkert...The Language of Heroes: Speech and...

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Newspaper Articles on: roman heroes

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Our Roman Hero Was Really a Loser

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), June 14, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Our Roman Hero Was Really a Loser. Byline: Boris Johnson...day he died in 180AD. Reviewing all the Roman emperors since Augustus, the emperor Julian...how-everhe seems to have been the first Roman emperor to have a thing about elf and safety...
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ROMAN'S HERO; Cheer Up, Lads, You're on the Way to Wembley

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), February 15, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ROMANS HERO; Cheer Up, Lads, Youre on the Way to Wembley. Byline: Leo Spall WATFORD 1 CHELSEA 3 ROMAN ABRAMOVICH has spent more than pounds sterling30million changing Chelsea managers in the past 17 months, but his team only just...
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Marcus My Words! Roman Soldier Is the Hero of City Man's Debut Novel

Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), March 25, 2005

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Waite, John

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Marcus My Words! Roman Soldier Is the Hero of City Mans Debut Novel. Byline...centre police officer is now tackling Roman legions and the barbarian hordes of...Arms, an historical novel about the Roman conquest of Britain from the eyes...
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Football: THE ROMAN CONQUEROR; Baggies Hero Looking for a Cup, League & Euro Treble

Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 31, 2008

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Premier League, Soldiers

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Football: THE ROMAN CONQUEROR; Baggies Hero Looking for a Cup, League Euro Treble. West Brom 4 Colchester 3 ROMAN BEDNAR started the season in the...SIMPLY THE CHEST: Shirt-less Roman Bednar celebrates his 90th-minute...
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Football: Roman's Crunch; Goal Hero Sweats on Horror Injury

Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), September 26, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Football: Romans Crunch; Goal Hero Sweats on Horror Injury. Byline...Gary Ralston HEARTS goal hero Roman Bednar last night relived the...said: "Well know better when Roman has had a scan but it could...but up front we are short if Roman is out. Michal Pospisil will...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: roman heroes

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Greene, Graham

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...drama, his novels are essentially parables of the damned. Greenes heroes realize their sins and achieve salvation only through great pain and soul-searching agony. A Roman Catholic convert (1926), he was intensely concerned with the moral...
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French Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...12th cent. from the stories of saints and heroes and the Celtic romances of Chretien de...and allegories include the philosophical Roman de la Rose and the witty Reynard the Fox...earlier works of fiction. The nouveau roman or new novel, sometimes called the antinovel...
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Renaissance

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...a rediscovery of Greek and Roman literature occurred across Europe...viris illustribus, a set of heroes lives, included both ancient heroes and such men as Adam; he also...library of ancient Greek and Roman texts. The Renaissance Italian...
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Franciscans

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...fransis k nz, members of several Roman Catholic religious orders following...second largest order in the Roman Catholic Church; only the Jesuit...stronger and saw one of their heroes made pope as St. Celestine...been charged with the care of Roman Catholic interests in the Holy...
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Athens , City, Greece

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...c.; the old Agora and the Roman forum; the temple of Zeus or...Herodes Atticus . There are many Roman remains in the "new" quarter...against Persia. The Athenian heroes Miltiades , Themistocles , and...result, Athens was sacked by the Roman general Sulla in 86 b.c...

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