| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 672 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Metaforms : studies in the reception of classical antiquity, 2212-9405 ; volume 21 |
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Metaforms ; v. 21.
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| Contents |
880-01 Hercules, the Modern Man: an Introduction / Alastair J.L. Blanshard and Emma Stafford -- Hercules among the Germans / Will Desmond -- Hercules among the Tractarians: Typological Reading in Isaac Williams' The Christian Scholar / Clemence Schultze -- 'And maybe in your case there wouldn't be a Herakles...': Herakles in C.P. Cavafy and Yiannis Ritsos / Charilaos N. Michalopoulos -- The Mirror of Greek Myth: James McAuley's 'The Hero and the Hydra' / Rachael White -- The Egg-headed hero: Agatha Christie's The Labours of Hercules / Hugo Koning -- Hercules as Romantic Hero in Twenty-first-century Historical Fiction / Eleanor OKell / Alastair J.L. Blanshard and Emma Stafford -- Hercules in Children's Literature: a 'warts and all' Model of Masculinity? / Owen Hodkinson -- Demigod, God or Monster? Rick Riordan's Hercules / Frances Foster -- The Incredible Hercules: Prince of Power / Hugo Koning -- Whose Hero? Hercules and His Avatars in Political Discourse / Paula James -- Reimagining Herakles: a Supporter of the Greek Revolution and a Defender of the Greek Crown / Maria Xanthou and Kleoniki Kyrkopoulou -- 'O Ēraklēs pēre to ropalo tou' ['Herakles took up his club']: the Reception of Herakles in the Modern Greek Press / Andreas N. Michalopoulos -- A Coruña, Cidade Herculina: Hercules as Founder of Cities / María Seijo-Richart -- Exhibiting Maguire's Herakles: a Dialogue between Old and New Worlds / Emma Stafford -- Herakles on Chesil Bank: the Archers' Disavowable Classicism and The Small Back Room (1949) / Stephe Harrop -- 'The Muscles of Hercules Beneath the Skin of Antinous': Mapping Herculean Stardom in Film Fan-magazine Discourse / Michael Williams -- Hercules 'Down Under': Antipodean Experiences of the Hero's Machismo / Matthew Dillon -- The Mighty Hercules Cartoon Series in Conversation with Steve Reeve's Hercules, Super-hero Comics and 1960s Societal Concerns / Arlene Allan -- Asterix as the New Hercules: The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) / Eran Almagor -- Disney's Hercules in Context: Mouse-morality for Mini-heroes / Lisa Maurice -- A Real American Hero: the Superhero-ification of Disney's Hercules / Sam Summers -- The Convergence of Family Values, Computer-Generated Monsters, and Cleavage in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys / Jon Solomon -- The Labours of Hercules-Sama / Ayelet Peer -- Hercules' Self-fashioning on Screen: Millennial Concerns and Political Dimensions / Jean Alvares and Patricia Salzman-Mitchell -- 'Through a glass, partly' Reflections of Hercules in Video Games: the Mythodiegesis of Depictions of Hercules in Video Games, and Their Groundings in Medium and Textual Requirements and Contexts / Alix Beaumont -- 'I am Hercules!': Rebooting, Rationalization and Heroism in 2014 / Joel Gordon -- Warriors, Murderers, Savages: Violence in Steve Moore's Hercules: The Thracian Wars / Katherine Lu Hsu -- Sex and Gender, Race and Orientalism in Steve Moore's Hercules Comics / T. H. M. Gellar-Goad -- How the Rock became Rockules: Dwayne Johnson's Star Text in Hercules (2014) / Monica Cyrino / Joel Gordon -- Warriors, Murderers, Savages: Violence in Steve Moore's Hercules: The Thracian Wars / Katherine Lu Hsu -- Sex and Gender, Race and Orientalism in Steve Moore's Hercules Comics / T. H. M. Gellar-Goad -- How the Rock became Rockules: Dwayne Johnson's Star Text in Hercules (2014) / Monica Cyrino |
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880-01/(S Hercules, the Modern Man: an Introduction / Alastair J.L. Blanshard and Emma Stafford -- Hercules among the Germans / Will Desmond -- Hercules among the Tractarians: Typological Reading in Isaac Williams' The Christian Scholar / Clemence Schultze -- 'And maybe in your case there wouldn't be a Herakles...': Herakles in C.P. Cavafy and Yiannis Ritsos / Charilaos N. Michalopoulos -- The Mirror of Greek Myth: James McAuley's 'The Hero and the Hydra' / Rachael White -- The Egg-headed hero: Agatha Christie's The Labours of Hercules / Hugo Koning -- Hercules as Romantic Hero in Twenty-first-century Historical Fiction / Eleanor OKell / Alastair J.L. Blanshard and Emma Stafford -- Hercules in Children's Literature: a 'warts and all' Model of Masculinity? / Owen Hodkinson -- Demigod, God or Monster? Rick Riordan's Hercules / Frances Foster -- The Incredible Hercules: Prince of Power / Hugo Koning -- Whose Hero? Hercules and His Avatars in Political Discourse / Paula James -- Reimagining Herakles: a Supporter of the Greek Revolution and a Defender of the Greek Crown / Maria Xanthou and Kleoniki Kyrkopoulou -- 'Ο Ηρακλής πήρε το ρόπαλό του' ['Herakles took up his club']: the Reception of Herakles in the Modern Greek Press / Andreas N. Michalopoulos -- A Coruña, Cidade Herculina: Hercules as Founder of Cities / María Seijo-Richart -- Exhibiting Maguire's Herakles: a Dialogue between Old and New Worlds / Emma Stafford -- Herakles on Chesil Bank: the Archers' Disavowable Classicism and The Small Back Room (1949) / Stephe Harrop -- 'The Muscles of Hercules Beneath the Skin of Antinous': Mapping Herculean Stardom in Film Fan-magazine Discourse / Michael Williams -- Hercules 'Down Under': Antipodean Experiences of the Hero's Machismo / Matthew Dillon -- The Mighty Hercules Cartoon Series in Conversation with Steve Reeve's Hercules, Super-hero Comics and 1960s Societal Concerns / Arlene Allan -- Asterix as the New Hercules: The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) / Eran Almagor -- Disney's Hercules in Context: Mouse-morality for Mini-heroes / Lisa Maurice -- A Real American Hero: the Superhero-ification of Disney's Hercules / Sam Summers -- The Convergence of Family Values, Computer-Generated Monsters, and Cleavage in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys / Jon Solomon -- The Labours of Hercules-Sama / Ayelet Peer -- Hercules' Self-fashioning on Screen: Millennial Concerns and Political Dimensions / Jean Alvares and Patricia Salzman-Mitchell -- 'Through a glass, partly' Reflections of Hercules in Video Games: the Mythodiegesis of Depictions of Hercules in Video Games, and Their Groundings in Medium and Textual Requirements and Contexts / Alix Beaumont -- 'I am Hercules!': Rebooting, Rationalization and Heroism in 2014 / Joel Gordon -- Warriors, Murderers, Savages: Violence in Steve Moore's Hercules: The Thracian Wars / Katherine Lu Hsu -- Sex and Gender, Race and Orientalism in Steve Moore's Hercules Comics / T. H. M. Gellar-Goad -- How the Rock became Rockules: Dwayne Johnson's Star Text in Hercules (2014) / Monica Cyrino / Joel Gordon -- Warriors, Murderers, Savages: Violence in Steve Moore's Hercules: The Thracian Wars / Katherine Lu Hsu -- Sex and Gender, Race and Orientalism in Steve Moore's Hercules Comics / T. H. M. Gellar-Goad -- How the Rock became Rockules: Dwayne Johnson's Star Text in Hercules (2014) / Monica Cyrino |
| 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
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Heracles (Greek mythological character) -- Art -- Congresses
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Hercules (Roman mythological character) -- In literature -- Congresses
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Heracles (Greek mythological character) -- In literature -- Congresses
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Heracles (Greek mythological character) |
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Hercules (Roman mythological character) |
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Arts, Modern -- Themes, motives -- Congresses
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Arts, Modern -- Themes, motives
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Literature
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Blanshard, Alastair, editor.
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Stafford, Emma, editor.
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| LC no. |
2020032300 |
| ISBN |
9004440062 |
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9789004440067 |
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