ISBN: 9780761805090

This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at ado… More...

This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at adolescence, mid-life, and death). This is the only book to focus on the major works of the literary tradition, detailing discussions of the hero journey in major literary texts. Included are chapters on the literature of Antiquity (Sumerian, Egyptian, Biblical, Greek, and Roman), the Middle Ages (with emphasis on the Arthurian Romance), the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (Shakespeare, Milton, Marvell, Pope, Fielding, the Arabian Nights, and Alchemical Illustration), Romanticism and Naturalism (Coleridge, Selected Grimm's Tales, Bront%, Bierce, Whitman, Twain, Hawthorne, E.T.A. Hoffman, Rabindranath Tagore), and Modernism to Contemporary (Joyce, Gilman, Alifa Rifaat, Bellow, Lessing, Pynchon, Eudora Welty). New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Current Affairs>Domestic Affairs>Domestic Affairs, University Press of America Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 9780761805090

This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at ado… More...

This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at adolescence, mid-life, and death). This is the only book to focus on the major works of the literary tradition, detailing discussions of the hero journey in major literary texts. Included are chapters on the literature of Antiquity (Sumerian, Egyptian, Biblical, Greek, and Roman), the Middle Ages (with emphasis on the Arthurian Romance), the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (Shakespeare, Milton, Marvell, Pope, Fielding, the Arabian Nights, and Alchemical Illustration), Romanticism and Naturalism (Coleridge, Selected Grimm's Tales, Bront%, Bierce, Whitman, Twain, Hawthorne, E.T.A. Hoffman, Rabindranath Tagore), and Modernism to Contemporary (Joyce, Gilman, Alifa Rifaat, Bellow, Lessing, Pynchon, Eudora Welty). Trade Books>Trade Paperback>Politics>Politics>Politics, Bloomsbury Academic Core >1<

1996, ISBN: 9780761805090

University Press of America, Paperback, 514 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-12-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.59 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3254139, Criticism & Reference, Literature & Fiction, LGB… More...

University Press of America, Paperback, 514 Seiten, Publiziert: 1996-12-30T00:00:01Z, Produktgruppe: Book, 0.59 kg, Verkaufsrang: 3254139, Criticism & Reference, Literature & Fiction, LGBTQ+ Books, Subjects, Books, Critical Theory, History & Criticism, Poetry, Drama & Criticism, Literature & Drama, Arts & Humanities, Undergraduate & Postgraduate, 3e708b60-20fb-41e8-a18d-05c77fb89b4c_6901, 3e708b60-20fb-41e8-a18d-05c77fb89b4c_0, Arborist Merchandising Root, Books Global Store, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_3601, 579c3025-5e5c-446b-80c9-b24e6fd5c94f_0, Special Features Stores, University Press of America, 1996<

1996, ISBN: 0761805095

[EAN: 9780761805090], New book, [PU: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book provides an overview of the h… More...

[EAN: 9780761805090], New book, [PU: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury], nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book provides an overview of the hero journey theme in literature, from antiquity to the present, with a focus on the imagery of the rites of passage in human life (initiation at adolescence, mid-life, and death). This is the only book to focus on the major works of the literary tradition, detailing discussions of the hero journey in major literary texts., Books<