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100 1 _aMoorman, Charles.
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245 1 0 _aKings and Captains
_bVariations on a Heroic Theme.
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260 _aLexington :
_bThe University Press of Kentucky,
_c(c)1971.
300 _a1 online resource (208 pages)
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505 0 0 _aTitle; 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.
520 0 _aCharles 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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650 0 _aEpic literature
_xHistory and criticism.
650 0 _aHeroes in literature.
650 4 _aEpic literature
_xHistory and criticism.
650 4 _aHeroes in literature.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
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_dCynthia Snell