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Kings and Captains Variations on a Heroic Theme.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, (c)1971.Description: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813163772
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PN56 .K564 1971
  • PN610
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Contents:
Subject: Charles Moorman reexamines several major works of the western heroic tradition: The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, the Norse sagas, and the Arthurian cycle. Disregarding the usual limited definitions which have controlled the study of heroic literature, he draws together these disparate works by proposing a theme common to them all: the opposition of two major figures whom he names king and captain. The figure of the king arises from the community with its need for responsible government, while the captain, derived from myth, is a highly individualistic, i.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The Iliad; Chapter Two: The Odyssey; Chapter Three: Beowulf; Chapter Four: The Song of Roland; Chapter Five: The Nibelungenlied; Chapter Six: The Icelandic Sagas; Chapter Seven: The Arthur Legend; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Y; Z.

Charles Moorman reexamines several major works of the western heroic tradition: The Iliad, The Odyssey, Beowulf, The Song of Roland, The Nibelungenlied, the Norse sagas, and the Arthurian cycle. Disregarding the usual limited definitions which have controlled the study of heroic literature, he draws together these disparate works by proposing a theme common to them all: the opposition of two major figures whom he names king and captain. The figure of the king arises from the community with its need for responsible government, while the captain, derived from myth, is a highly individualistic, i.

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