Hesitant Heroes : : Private Inhibition, Cultural Crisis /

Hesitant Heroes : : Private Inhibition, Cultural Crisis / / Theodore Ziolkowski.

Why, Theodore Ziolkowski wonders, does Western literature abound with figures who experience a crucial moment of uncertainty in their actions? In this highly original and engaging work, he explores the significance of these unlikely heroes for literature and history.From Aeneas-who wavered momentari...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Backlist 2000-2013
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Ziolkowski, Theodore,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©2004
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (184 p.) :; 1 halftone
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: The Paradox of the Hesitant Hero
  • 1. Aeneas, or Hesitation in Hesperia
  • 2. Orestes, or Anguish inArgos
  • 3. Parzival, or Silence at Munsalvaesche
  • 4. Hamlet, orAnomy in Elsinor
  • 5. Wallenstein, or Evasions in Bohemia
  • 6. Wavering Heroes, from Scotland to Spain
  • Conclusion: Continuities
  • Notes
  • Index

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