Heroes and Heroism in British Fiction Since 1800: Case Studies

Heroes and Heroism in British Fiction Since 1800: Case Studies
ISBN-10
331933557X
ISBN-13
9783319335575
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
215
Language
English
Published
2016-11-09
Publisher
Springer
Authors
Barbara Korte, Stefanie Lethbridge

Description

This book is about the manifestations and explorations of the heroic in narrative literature since around 1800. It traces the most important stages of this representation but also includes strands that have been marginalised or silenced in a dominant masculine and higher-class framework - the studies include explorations of female versions of the heroic, and they consider working-class and ethnic perspectives. The chapters in this volume each focus on a prominent conjuncture of texts, histories and approaches to the heroic. Taken together, they present an overview of the ‘literary heroic’ in fiction since the late eighteenth century.

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