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1.
The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship
Contributors:
Publisher:
Oxford University Press 2003
Subjects:
Hero Worship--India--Rajasthan
Nationalism--India--Rajasthan--Religious Aspects
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In terms of the hero, splitting reveals his dominant qualities...and even violent. Thus these males'hero and Bheruji'both split andfuse in ways...of the whole being. In the caseof the hero, the split persona precedes and follows...
2.
Heroes & Hero Cults in Latin America
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Publisher:
University of Texas Press 2006
Subjects:
Hero Worship--Latin America--History
Politicians--Latin America--Public Opinion
Statesmen--Latin America--Public Opinion
Public Opinion--Latin America
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...and generos­ity, 33–34; hero cult, 22, 26, 34, 36, 265;in the...symbolism,139–140; decline of hero cult, 15,141–142, 144, 269U...and education, 136; family, 143;hero cult in architecture, 135, 138–139...
3.
The Hero in French Romantic Literature
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Publisher:
University of Georgia Press 1959
Subjects:
French Literature--19th Century--History And Criticism
Romanticism--France
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the anti-hero is antithetical to the romantic hero or whenfused with him, self-consciousness is his motor force. Thisfact is a touchstone for understanding the, anti-hero and hisrelationship to the romantic hero; it means that both...
4.
Saints and Revolutionaries: The Ascetic Hero in Russian Literature
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Publisher:
State University of New York Press 1993
Subjects:
Russian Literature--History And Criticism
Ascetics In Literature
Revolutionaries In Literature
Saints In Literature
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...thing he seeks. Finally, the ascetic hero be­comes totally convinced of the...ussomething important about the ascetic hero. We can best formu­late this by...Brombert'sdefinition of the literary hero, a central role is played by three typesof...
5.
The Byronic Hero in Film, Fiction, and Television
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Publisher:
Southern Illinois University Press 2004
Subjects:
Heroes In Motion Pictures
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...owncondition and the ability to identify with the hero. Their own powerless­ness and inability...institutional author­ity, cheers the hero's defiance of this authority and glories...authority themselves. By rehumanizing the hero and tak­ing away or depreciating...
6.
The Myth of the Birth of the Hero: A Psychological Interpretation of Mythology
Contributors:
Publisher:
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Publishing 1914
Subjects:
Mythology
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...progressivemutation furnishes the familiar type of hero myth, is the prooffor the correctness of our...theentire myth formation as starting from the hero himself, namelyfrom the youthful hero. At the start we took this attitude inanalogizing...
7.
Lermontov's a Hero of Our Time: A Critical Companion
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Publisher:
Northwestern University Press 2002
Subjects:
Lermontov, Mikhail Iur'evich, 1814-1841--Criticism and Interpretation
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On the first night, the hero notices that the old woman is notdeaf...love, and she embraces and kisses the hero and then ar­ranges to meet him that night on the shore of the sea. The hero fixeshis pistol to his belt and sets off...
8.
Myths and Hero Tales: A Cross-Cultural Guide to Literature for Children and Young Adults
Contributors:
Publisher:
Greenwood Press 1997
Subjects:
Mythology--Juvenile Literature--Abstracts
Mythology--Juvenile Literature--Indexes
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...201D (Aztec, 120), and in “The Hero Journey of the Hero Twins” (Maya, 316); “The...People” (131) and in “The Hero Journey of the Hero Twins” (Maya, 316U...
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Bones of Contention: The Living Archive of Vasil Levski and the Making of Bulgaria's National Hero
Contributors:
Publisher:
Central European University Press 2009
Subjects:
Levski, Vasil Ivanov, 1837-1873--Tomb
Levski, Vasil Ivanov, 1837-1873--Death and Burial
Revolutionaries--Bulgaria--Biography
Bulgaria--Historiography
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Carlyle expressed his belief in heroism and hero-worship as animminent human characteristic...referredto as “Carlyle's theory of the hero.” The six types were: the hero asdivinity—God—exemplified by Odin...
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Deconstructing the Hero: Literary Theory and Children's Literature
Contributors:
Publisher:
Routledge 1997
Subjects:
Prejudices
Values In Literature
Children's Literature--History And Criticism
Children--Books And Reading
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...relegation of women and symbolizes the hero's domination of racial and social 'inferiors...master.If he does not travel alone the hero travels with a band of brothers, as Jason...usually his inferior in some way. The hero and his companion are a very ancient couple...
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