Uniform Title Modern Hercules (Brill Academic Publishers) Title The modern Hercules : images of the hero from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century / edited by Alastair J.L. Blanshard and Emma Stafford

Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource Series Metaforms : studies in the reception of classical antiquity, 2212-9405 ; volume 21 Metaforms ; v. 21. Summary "The Modern Hercules explores the reception of the ancient Greek hero Herakles - the Roman Hercules - in western culture from the nineteenth century to the present day. Each chapter considers a particular work or theme in detail, exploring this complex hero's transformations of identity and significance in a wide range of modern media, including literature, visual arts and film. The volume is one of four to be published in the Metaforms series examining the extraordinarily persistent figuring of Herakles-Hercules in western culture, drawing together scholars from a range of disciplines to offer a unique insight into the hero's perennial appeal. Contributors are: Arlene Allan, Eran Almagor, Jean Alvares, Alix Beaumont, Monica S. Cyrino, Will Desmond, Matthew Dillon, Frances Foster, T.H.M. Gellar-Goad, Joel Gordon, Stephe Harrop, Owen Hodkinson, Katherine Lu Hsu, Paula James, Hugo Koning, Kleoniki Kyrkopoulou, Lisa Maurice, Andreas Michalopoulos, Charilaos Michalopoulos, Eleanor OKell, Ayelet Peer, Patricia Saltzman-Mitchell, Clemence Schultze, Maria Seijo-Richart, Jon Solomon, Emma Stafford, Sam Summers, Rachel White, Michael Williams, Maria Xanthou"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital cover (viewed on February 18, 2021) Subject Hercules (Roman mythological character) -- Art -- Congresses Heracles (Greek mythological character) -- Art -- Congresses Hercules (Roman mythological character) -- In literature -- Congresses Heracles (Greek mythological character) -- In literature -- Congresses SUBJECT Heracles (Greek mythological character) fast Hercules (Roman mythological character) fast Subject Arts, Modern -- Themes, motives -- Congresses Arts, Modern -- Themes, motives Literature Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings Form Electronic book Author Blanshard, Alastair, editor. Stafford, Emma, editor. Hercules: A Hero for All Ages (Conference) (2013 : University of Leeds). contributor Celebrating Hercules in the Modern World (Conference) (2017 : University of Leeds). contributor LC no. 2020032300 ISBN 9004440062 9789004440067

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