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Heroes and Heroism in British Fiction Since 1800

Case Studies

Barbara Korte editor Stefanie Lethbridge editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Published:27th Jun '18

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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. 

ISBN: 9783319815466

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 2903g

206 pages

Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017